Review of The Ship on the Coin by Rodney Hall

Abstract

The Ship on the Coin—a fable of the bourgeoisie. Rodney Hall, 1972. Paperback Prose 2, University of Queensland Press. $2.00. (Hardback $4.00).

The Ship on the Coin is a multibarbed satire, true-aimed at easy, unthinking obedience to authority and the dangers lurking behind the accepted social virtues. (If only I could be sure they're accepting their responsibilities as they woUld at home; knuckling down to some hard work at those aluminium oars .... ).