The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System by Mullins, Patrick

The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System

For fans of Banned Book Week and champions of freedom of speech, a riveting read about the...
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The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System by Mullins, Patrick

The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System

$45.30

The Trials of Portnoy: How Penguin Brought Down Australia's Censorship System

$45.30
Author: Patrick Mullins
Format: Paperback
Language: English

For fans of Banned Book Week and champions of freedom of speech, a riveting read about the way a publisher changed censorship laws in Australia with Portnoy's Complaint.

Until fifty years ago, books that might damage the morals of the Australian public were banned, seized, and burned. Bookstores were raided. Publishers were fined. Writers were charged, even jailed.

In 1970, in great secrecy and at considerable risk, Penguin Books Australia resolved to publish Portnoy's Complaint--Philip Roth's frank, funny, and profane bestseller.

The Trials of Portnoy draws on archival records and interviews to show how Penguin and a band of writers, booksellers, academics, and lawyers sought for the freedom to read what they wished, even through criminal charges, police raids, and trials.



Author: Patrick Mullins
Publisher: Scribe Us
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781925849448


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2020

About the Author
Mullins, Patrick: -

Patrick Mullins is a Canberra-based writer and academic who has a PhD from the University of Canberra. Tiberius with a Telephone, his first book, won the 2020 NSW Premier's Non-Fiction Award and the 2020 National Biography Award. He is also the author of The Trials of Portnoy: how Penguin brought down Australia's censorship system.

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