Publisher's Synopsis
Wake in Fright tells the tale of John Grant's journey into an alcoholic, sexual and spiritual nightmare. A middle class teacher, he finds himself trapped in a nightmarish outback community crippled by gambling debts. An undisputed modern classic, it is the original and the greatest outback horror story. The small mining town of Bundanyabba - The Yabba' - and its citizens will forever haunt its readers.'