Philip Adams The Ideas Man. A Life Revealed

Luker Philip

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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: JoJo Publishing
Publisher Place: Docklands
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 337 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Phillip Adams has refused all publishers' commissions to write his autobiography and declined to co-operate with all potential biographers - until now. He did not want his private life revealed and he believed he had said more in his twenty years (in 2011) presenting Late Night Live on Radio National and writing columns in newspapers than he could ever say in a book. He told Philip Luker that Luker would find him 'difficult' on private matters. But Luker put his duty to readers first and did find quite a lot about Adams' private life. Most media people come and go quickly but Adams is a survivor. John Howard tried to get rid of him and failed. He has a weekly radio audience of about 350,000 people, plus his Weekend Australian Magazine readers. In this book, he describes his relationship with eight Australian prime ministers, including Bob Hawke, who told the author Adams is often a pain in the arse, and Paul Keating, who said Adams 'paints in pre-cooked synonyms'. He hypnotises women (especially) with his intellect, and he is an enigma. This book reveals many hilarious anecdotes and examples of his brilliant mind. Philip Luker is an experienced journalist and publisher. He lives in Sydney with his wife Margaret. One day he wrote to Phillip Adams to ask whether he would co-operate over a biography. This book is the result.

ISBN: 9780987073464

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