Cover of “Disorderly Conduct” by Marilyn Duckworth, featuring an unmade bed in a chaotic bedroom with rumpled clothes and protest posters on the wall. A witty, subversive novel about domestic life in 1980s Wellington. [ Secondhand copy available at TheGravy.nz]

Back cover of “Disorderly Conduct” by Marilyn Duckworth, describing the life of Sophie, a solo mother navigating chaos and societal unrest during the Springbok Tour era. A sharp, urban colonial comedy of manners. [ Secondhand copy available at TheGravy.nz]

Disorderly Conduct – Marilyn Duckworth

$18.00

A woman with children at her side by day, but driven by different cravings at night. Surrounded by ex-boyfriends, co-workers, and classmates, she reflects on life, love, and loneliness. A quietly fierce novel that captures the contradictions of 1980s New Zealand society.

1984 First Edition (Softcover)

Condition: Good vintage condition. Cover illustration by Vivien Ward, with classic 1980s colour tones and print textures. Minor signs of shelfwear.

Category: Fiction Tags: 1980s, Hodder and Stoughton, Marilyn Duckworth

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Title: Disorderly Conduct
Author: Marilyn Duckworth
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Published: 1984
ISBN: 0-340-35817-3
Pages: 144 (estimated)
Format: Paperback

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Set in early-1980s Wellington, Disorderly Conduct explores the uneasy domesticity of suburban life. Sophia, a recently separated woman raising two children, navigates the competing pressures of financial strain, personal disappointment, and societal judgment. Duckworth’s spare, direct prose pulls the reader into a New Zealand household riddled with quiet turmoil and sudden jolts of insight.

Back Cover Blurb:

A woman with children at her side by day, but driven by different cravings at night. Surrounded by ex-boyfriends, co-workers, and classmates, she reflects on life, love, and loneliness. A quietly fierce novel that captures the contradictions of 1980s New Zealand society.

Condition: Good vintage condition. Cover illustration by Vivien Ward, with classic 1980s colour tones and print textures. Minor signs of shelfwear.