A Certain Grandeur
A Biography, Politics, Australia book. Takes 4 and a bit chapters to hit its stride, and...
Winner of the Age Book of the Year AwardGraham Freudenberg's inside account of Gough Whitlam's political rise and fall is one of the great classics of Australian political writing. From his position as Gough's speechwriter and confidant, just out of the spotlight of history, Freudenberg was an eyewitness to Gough's spectacular rise and fall, which he documents with compelling drama. But A Certain Grandeur's most significant achievement is to capture so vividly the character of the man – dictatorial, petulant, erudite, revolutionary.This new edition has been updated to include the Labor Party's regeneration following...
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Takes 4 and a bit chapters to hit its stride, and is unashamedly biased, but a reasonable insiders account of Whitlam's political life and the events surrounding it once the author gets going. A benchmark for how Australian political non-fiction should be written. Informative, entertaining, captivating and factual. A great read. Should've and could've been better. Gripe number 1: Not enough context or explanation was given for those of us not reading the book in 1977 when the first edition came out (if someone can tell me what "offshore legislation" is, that would be a big help); and, gripe number 2: While I enjoyed the detail the book goes into, at times I...
