Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: Lucky Country, The: Popular Penguins
Author: HORNE DONALD
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 29/06/2009
Imprint: PENGUIN BOOKS
Price: $14.99
Publishing status: Active
First published in 1964 The Lucky Country caused a sensation. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past.
‘Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.’
First published in 1964, The Lucky Country caused a sensation. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past.
Popular Penguins
He just wanted a decent book to read . . .
Not too much to ask, was it? It was in 1935 when Allen Lane stood on a British railway platform looking for something good to read on his journey. His choice was limited to popular magazines and poor quality paperbacks. Lane’s disappointment and subsequent anger at the range of books available led him to found a company – and change the world.
‘We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.’ Sir Allen Lane, 1902-1970, founder of Penguin Books
Reading habits have changed since 1935, but Penguin still believes in publishing the best books for everyone to enjoy, and that quality books published passionately and responsibility make the world a better place.
Series: Popular Penguins
ISBN: 9780143202813
Weight: 162g
Dimension: 180mm X 111mm
Pages: 288