Mortice

Mortice

George Watson

George Watson

In this sequel to You Killed My Wife, Mort's hunt for his wife's killer takes a huge U-turn, forcing Mort and Pig to question everything they thought they knew and start the search from scratch again. Along the way, they help solve data theft, bring an armed militia to their knees, put an end to a school bullying ring and bring comfort and relief to a DV victim, whilst never wavering in their pursuit of justice before their search culminates in a lethal shootout in suburban Brisbane.Bringing mayhem and violence to the streets of Brisbane and Melbourne, Mort and Pig dish out their own form of justice.Just call it . . . Mortice—Justice, Mort style!
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Heresies and Heretics

Heresies and Heretics

George Watson

George Watson

In this enjoyably iconoclastic book, George Watson discusses some of the great heresies of the twentieth century, and the cultural heretics who espoused them, often with surprising results. Watson provides us with examples of 'true', original heretics, from Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who asserted that his study of the remote past had made a radical of him, rather than any influence of modernism, to others such as Douglas Adams, whom Watson knew as an undergraduate.Watson forces us to question various long-cherished political and intellectual assumptions in his witty and conversational style. Is snobbery really such a bad thing? Have we ignored the links between socialism and genocide? He touches entertainingly upon subjects as diverse as literary theory (experimental fiction is often the last resort of those who have nothing to say), and the unoriginal conformism of teenage Marxists (incapable of actually reading Marx, as he is too boring).This is a work which will delight...
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