And So It Went: Night thoughts in a year of change
Viking, $35 pb, 563 pp
Memoir
Or words to that effect
by John Byron •
Bob Ellis’s lightly edited journal alternates between two main timelines spanning 27 June 2007 to 8 November 2008: that is, from the run-up to the last Australian federal election to Barack Obama’s victory. Ellis’s insomniac musings over these sixteen-odd months are brilliant and shambolic, irritating and moving. The book is essential reading, but you have to work hard for the gems.
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And So It Went: Night thoughts in a year of change
by Bob Ellis
Viking, $35 pb, 563 pp
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