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'Working Class Boy went straight to No.1 on the BookScan bestseller list and HarperCollins publishing director, Shona Martyn, says the book sold "a massive 16,266 in its first week – the sort of number that you would expect of a top 10 bestseller in Christmas week". ...'
'Herbert Vere Evatt is one of the big figures of Australian political – and legal – history. But he has proved an elusive subject for four previous biographers. Now comes a new life by Melbourne University politics professor John Murphy. ...'
'Pam the name is 10 times funnier than Lisa. Glenn with two Ns is hilarious compared with his one-N version, while Barbara, or Barb, is comedy gold in contrast to Mrs O'Brien. ...'