The Whitlam Mob
MacCallum Mungo
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Black Inc
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition
Description: 233 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.
Publishers Description: "We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra ..." In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam governments key figures - from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns - as well as "the other mob" in opposition - Billy McMahon, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser and many more. The Whitlam Mob addresses some crucial questions: What was the night of the long prawns Who was the playboy of the parliament And who was "the toe-cutter" This is Mungo at his best: vivid and barbed, nostalgic but always clear-eyed.
ISBN: 9781863956796
(220985)
