In Response To: Kafka With Kangaroos
‘Unfortunately the book is superb.’ Hilarious.
The publication of Wake in Fright is not the cynical marketing exercise David imagines it to be. Text re-published the novel in 2001, long before the film was found let alone restored, and pressed the reprint button when the film was re-released this year. We added a new jacket because our 2001 copy was looking tired, and asked David Stratton to write an Afterword to give the reader an understanding of the book and film’s second lives.
David probably thinks poor old Jane Austen and all those Penguin Classics are just being exploited as well, with everyone making money except the reader and author. We tend to think it’s a great thing to bring old books to a new generation.
Kirsty Wilson, Text Publishing
David Free’s review of Kenneth Cook’s Wake in Fright can be read here.