By Nicole Moore

The first accomplished exam of Australian booklet censorship, this enlightening and enchanting dialogue is predicated on Nicole Moore’s discovery of the key "censor’s library" in the National Archives. Combining scholarship with the narrative pressure of a thriller, the e-book exposes the scandalous heritage of censorship in Australia. outfitted and maintained to make sure the books it held weren't read—from the Kama Sutra to Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Joyce’s Ulysses—the censor’s library used to be stored to negate the functionality of libraries: 793 packing containers stored secure and intact for 6 many years. via court docket dramas and internecine paperwork, stolen libraries and police raids, authorial scandals and ethical panics, this is a provocative account on an issue that keeps to draw heated debate.

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