Kisses of the Enemy
| Title | Kisses of the Enemy |
| Year for Search | 1987 |
| Authors | Hall, Rodney(b. 1935) |
| Date Published | 1987 |
| Publisher | Penguin Australia |
| Place Published | Ringwood, VIC, Australia |
| Keywords | Australian author, English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Near future dystopia. Much of the novel follows the political career of the first President of the Republic of Australia, who seems to be primarily interested in power for its own sake. Wealth dominates Australia. Corruption. Drugs. Other strands follow individuals, including the President's wife and child, those political dependent on him, a growing opposition movement, and figures from Australia's past. |
| Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988. U.K. ed. London: Faber and Faber, 1989. |
| Holding Institutions | A, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1935) was born in England and moved to Australia after World War II. |
| Full Text | 1987 Hall, Rodney (b. 1935). Kisses of the Enemy. Ringwood, VIC, Near future dystopia. Much of the novel follows the political career of the first President of the Republic of Australia, who seems to be primarily interested in power for its own sake. Wealth dominates |
