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MALCOLM TURNBULL A Bigger Picture. Reviewed by James McKenzie Watson

MALCOLM TURNBULL A Bigger Picture. Reviewed by James McKenzie Watson

by NRB | 28 May 2020 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Malcom Turnbull’s expansive autobiography, A Bigger Picture, is as much a rebuttal of critics of his prime ministership as it is a personal memoir. In it, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia defends his legacy, savages his opponents and describes a modern Australia...
ROBERT MANNE On Borrowed Time. Reviewed by Suzanne Marks

ROBERT MANNE On Borrowed Time. Reviewed by Suzanne Marks

by NRB | 4 Oct 2018 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

From asylum seekers to politics, climate change and the personal challenges of dealing with cancer, Robert Manne’s essays are a rich canvas and urge us to interrogate prejudice and injustice wherever they threaten to take root. When Robert Manne, Emeritus...
GEOFFREY ROBERTSON Rather His Own Man: Reliable memoirs. Reviewed by Peter Corris

GEOFFREY ROBERTSON Rather His Own Man: Reliable memoirs. Reviewed by Peter Corris

by NRB | 10 May 2018 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Robertson is on the right side of history and morality. Surely he can’t be that good, that funny? The title of Geoffrey Robertson’s memoir was inspired by the comment of a senior British public servant when a Blair-government minister intended to...
The Godfather: Peter Corris on the outstanding success of Malcolm Turnbull

The Godfather: Peter Corris on the outstanding success of Malcolm Turnbull

by NRB | 20 Oct 2017 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 1 comment

This may seem to be an unusual heading given my stated political leanings and the observable political facts, but bear with me. It’s based on a single premise, which will become clear. Turnbull, although he claims to have been raised in somewhat straitened...
ANDREW P STREET The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat  Reviewed by Chris Maher

ANDREW P STREET The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat Reviewed by Chris Maher

by NRB | 10 Jan 2017 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Street continues to blend fact and witticisms as he takes on Captain Abbott’s mutinous replacement. As your humble scribe suggested when reviewing The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott, Andrew P Street could well have embarked upon a sequel...
             

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