One of the three central protagonists of Neil Chenoweth’s book, Graham Richardson, famously titled his autobiography Whatever It Takes (1994). Despite the title’s hints at candour, Richardson’s book eluded all but the most passing references to Kerry Packer. As Chenoweth points out in his alarming new book, this, from the man John Button had dubbed the Minister for Kerry Packer, represented storytelling at its most elliptical. More than Richardson’s book, Chenoweth presents the tale of Whatever it Took. It is not an edifying spectacle.
Packer’s Lunch: A rollicking tale of Swiss bank accounts and money-making adventures in the roaring 90s by Neil Chenoweth
Allen & Unwin, $45 hb, 356 pp, 1741145465
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