Monkeys In The Dark

Monkeys In The Dark

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ALEXANDRA WHEATFIELD, A YOUNG JOURNALIST, HAS COME TO WORK IN THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSYIN DJAKARTA AT A TIME OF CHAOTIC CHANGE; THE COUP OF 1965 HAS BEEN CRUSHED BUT THE NEW ORDER OF THE INDONESIA ARMY HAS NOT YET OVERTHROWNTHE REVERED PRESIDENT SUKARNO. HE HASWARNED THAT WITHOUT HIM THE PEOPLE ARE 'MONKEYS IN THE DARK'. AS A PRIVILEGED GROUP THE AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATS VIEW THISSCENE WITH BENIGN CONTEMPT. THE PROBLEM OF RANK GREAVES OF SECURITYAND HIS PROTEGE, ANTHONY SINCLAIR, IS TO FIND THE NEW SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND POWER IN THE CUMBLING AND CORRUPT CITY. BUT FOR ALEX THE CITY MIRROS HER AFFAIR WITH MARULI HUTABARAT, POET AND PARTY ACTIVIST. ITS COLOURS, FRUITS, SMILES AND CRUELITIES COUNTERPOINT THE SENSUALITY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.HER LOVE IS NO PROTECTION AGAINST THE DEMANDS OF THETWO CONFLICTING SOCIETIES - SHE IS USED AND BETRAYED, FIRST BY HER LOVER, THEN BY BRUTAL DEMANDS OF 'SECURITY'. THE SEXUAL TENSIONS AND PERSONAL BETRAYALS OF THIS RICHLY PERCEPTIVE NOVEL MIRROR WIDERBETRAYALS IN THE TWO DIFFERENT SOCIETIES UNTIL THE ROLE OF 'MONKEYS IN THE DARK' IS GRIMLY REVERSED.

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