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Politics

A Certain Narcissism

by Warren Osmond
March 1981, no. 28

The Leader: A political biography of Gough Whitlam by James Walter

U.Q.P, $14.95 pb, 295 pp

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It is ironic and, perhaps, happy for him that the most vainglorious of Australian Labor Party leaders has so quickly become the subject of more books than any Australian Prime Minister. Your ‘1975’ library now contains many instant histories, polemics, laments, critical academic studies, eulogies, and edited highlights, but not yet a comprehensive biography of Gough Whitlam.

 


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The Leader: A political biography of Gough Whitlam by James Walter

U.Q.P, $14.95 pb, 295 pp

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


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