My Country. Stories, Essays & Speeches

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Black Inc
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2018
Edition: First Edition

Description: 561 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: David Marr is the rarest of breeds- one of Australias most unflinching, forensic reporters of political controversy, and one of its most subtle and eloquent biographers. In Marrs hands, those things we call reportage and commentary are elevated to the most artful and illuminating chronicles of our time. Published as a handsome hardback, My Countryis the definitive David Marr collection. It includes early works, such as his review of the first Rocky Horror Picture Show and his reporting on the 1978 Mardi Gras police bashings, all the way to the most piercing accounts of Kevin Rudds ratf-king and Tony Abbotts punch. Along the way there is Patrick White, Garfield Barwick, asylum seekers, the Henson case, Pauline Hanson, Cardinal Pell and more . My Countryanthologises Marrs powerful reflections on religion, sex, censorship and the law; striking accounts of leaders, moralists and scandalmongers; elegant ruminations on the arts and the lives of artists. And there are some memorable new pieces, including the remarkable story of David Marrs wedding day.

ISBN: 9781760640804