{"product_id":"songs-of-a-psychopath-1-paperback","title":"Songs of a Psychopath (1) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraeme Hetherington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of a Psychopath (1)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a powerful \u003cstrong\u003eliterary memoir in verse\u003c\/strong\u003e shaped by Tasmania's convict inheritance and a lifelong search for belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the bleak mining towns of Tasmania's West Coast in the 1940s, the rigid hierarchies of private schooling in the 1950s, the cultural freedoms of 1960s England and Greece, and the unsettled tensions of 1970s Hobart, this book traces one man's journey through class, exile, faith, sexuality, ancestry, and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a conventional autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChronology fractures. Memory shifts. The living speak beside imagined ancestors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal history collides with colonial history. The legacy of Van Diemen's Land - the enduring weight of \u003cstrong\u003ecolonial Van Diemen's Land legacy\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTasmanian convict history memoir\u003c\/strong\u003e - pulses beneath the surface of every poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in tightly controlled verse, this work stands as \u003cstrong\u003eAustralian autobiographical poetry\u003c\/strong\u003e grounded in lived experience and historical reckoning. It explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inheritance of shame and survival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdentity shaped by ancestry and displacement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cultural tensions of \u003cstrong\u003eWest Coast Tasmania mining towns\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClass mobility, exile, and belonging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaith, rebellion, and artistic awakening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe psychological imprint of \u003cstrong\u003eidentity and inherited trauma\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsettling, unsentimental, and deeply human, \u003cem\u003eSongs of a Psychopath (1)\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to readers drawn to memoir, poetry, Australian history, and stories of \u003cstrong\u003eclass exile and belonging\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do we inherit? And can we ever escape it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53299681394995,"sku":"9781764497404","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/hJJ9pJxuxH9781764497404.webp?v=1777452850","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/songs-of-a-psychopath-1-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}