721 pages. The jacket is bumped and chipped at the edges and at the head and tail of the spine; there is an ownership inscription on the front end paper, else clean, unmarked and solid. Overseas customers please note the book is heavy and will attract additional postage. A title in Lloyd O'Neil's series "Australian Classics Giant". "In the history of Australian literature, few books have been as controversial as this one. This is a tale of corruption stretching from street corner SP bookmaking to the most influential men in the land - and the terrible personal cost of the power such corruption brings." --Back cover. The novel is a fictionalised version of the life of Melbourne businessman and Australian Labor Party power-broker, John Wren.