{"product_id":"visitants-text-classics","title":"Visitants: Text Classics","description":"When Patrol Officer Alistair Cawdor commits suicide on a  small island off New Guinea a colonial inquest is launched. Five  witnesses are called to give testimony: the government interpreter, the  territory's cadet officer, a planter who claims ownership of the island,  one of his servants and the son of the local chief.\u003cbr\u003e Each has a disturbing story to tell. Cawdor's secret past will  eventually be put together, piece by damning piece. But what of the  ominous newcomer Metusela, and the unidentified visitant that has  inspired a cargo cult?\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1979, Randolph Stow's novel \u003ci\u003eVisitants\u003c\/i\u003e was  informed by the author's own time in the Trobriand Islands two decades  earlier. It is one of the most potent examinations of Australian  colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A brilliant, ambitious novel.' \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Tautly and vibrantly written, and brilliantly evocative of its Trobriand Islands setting.' \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Randolph Stow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516765208637,"sku":null,"price":14.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925240276.jpg?v=1787572462","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/visitants-text-classics","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}