Biography & Memoir Australiana True Crime
Focus On Faraday And Beyond by Edwin John Eastwood delivers a gripping Australian true-crime biography that revisits the 1972 Faraday school kidnapping and its lasting ripple effects across the nation. First released in 1992, this vintage paperback blends meticulous research with vivid, illustrated storytelling to bring late-twentieth-century local history alive for young-adult and adult readers alike.
The book explores how one rural tragedy reshaped public opinion, policing and criminology across Australia. Eastwood’s narrative weaves eyewitness accounts, newspaper archives and community voices into a compelling portrait of survival, justice and cultural memory that true-crime enthusiasts and local-history buffs will find hard to put down.
This 250-page Coeur De Lion edition arrives in very good condition: pages are crisp, unmarked and free of dog-ears, with no handwriting or smoke odours. The clean, illustrated copy is ready for immediate enjoyment or gift-giving, offering a nostalgic slice of Australian publishing from the early nineties.