The Disillusioned: A Story of our Times
by D. W. Scott, for sale, now here:

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"The Disillusioned is a surprisingly compulsive read about what I call the
Misfit Generation... David Scott's odyssey is to find self-worth, to
discover basic human values among the detritus of modern life. At the end
you can't be sure he's made it. But his story matters and he tells it with
the pace and directness of a pro."

Gordon McLauchlan, NZ writer and Herald book critic.

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The Disillusioned is a ruthlessly honest memoir of a young man who writes
both searingly and disarmingly about the highs and lows, the perils and
promise of our times.

The Disillusioned documents the struggle all too common for recent
generations: yearning to find a sense of worth and a purpose to their lives
against the backdrop of abuses rife in modern society and the duplicity of
political systems which favour the rich and powerful despite the hollow
rhetoric that promises something else.

The Disillusioned encompasses three decades, beginning with the
impressionable child indoctrinated with the propaganda of Thatcher's Britain
and suffering sexual abuse, a lack of role models and any sense of
belonging. It is a gripping story of obsessive ambition, discrimination,
sex, scams, suicidal impulses, alcoholism, the search for love, loss and the
quest for redemption in New Zealand.

It is David Scott'ss story, but also the story of a disillusioned silent
majority; the story of young people bogged down with debt and
disillusionment; the story, too, of the increasing dangers facing our
children in a materialistic world where family bonds and values are
sacrificed for high incomes and status.

Average Customer Rating: 5 stars
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, New title Edition
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Author: D.W. Scott
Publisher: Fraser Books, September 2004
ISBN: 0958233284 EAN: 9780958233286
Dimensions: 24.0 x 17.0 centimetres (0.29 kg)
Country of Publication: New Zealand