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COME TO THINK OF IT IBD

TONY THOMAS
CONNOR COURT PUBLISHING PTY LT
02 / 2020
9781925826845
Inglés

Sinopsis

This is the third collection of Tony Thomas&rsquo,s best work. It ranges from zany travels in the PNG Highlands to a reporter&rsquo,s career highlights and lowlights since he first opened a shorthand notebook in 1958.áWith his solid knowledge of the global warming controversies, he mocks the absurdities in essays like &ldquo,Eaten by a tiger? Blame climate change&rdquo, and &ldquo,Green lunacy at the Parkville Asylum&rdquo, i.e. Melbourne University.You&rsquo,ll love his affectionate spoofing of air hero Biggles, Germaine Greer and an unlikely Rotarian, Richard Sorge, who was Stalin&rsquo,s spy in Tokyo. Tony also lays bare a catastrophic Perth dinner party pitting drug-fuelled author Xavier Herbert against future Governor-General Paul Hasluck and author Mary Durack.His long-researched pieces involve the disastrous 15 months in office of an alcoholic vice-regal couple at WA&rsquo,s Government House, and Prime Minister Menzies&rsquo, support for economy-wide price-fixing cartels (Tony was personally involved in both sagas). Quirky, wide-ranging, packed with insights &hellip, here&rsquo,s a collection to savour.á