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Memoir

More than the bare facts

by Brian McFarlane
October 2008, no. 305

The Naked Truth: A life in parts by Graeme Blundell

Hachette Livre, $35 pb, 312 pp

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There has been no escaping Graeme Blundell lately. There was Catharine Lumby’s astute reappraisal of his image-making Alvin Purple for the Currency Australian Classics series; and, as I write, the advertisements for the new local documentary Not Quite Hollywood feature a bare-chested Blundell in a pair of unforgivable 1970s flares. Now, here is his own account of how he got to be that way – and a good deal more.

 


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The Naked Truth: A life in parts by Graeme Blundell

Hachette Livre, $35 pb, 312 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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