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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 One Halal of a Story
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'As in life, Sam Dastyari's memoir is unexpected and unorthodox. This is the man who introduced Pauline Hanson to the halal snack pack and accountability to big banks. 

'Named Sahand by his hippy Iranian parents, he changed his name to Sam to fit in with his schoolmates. But Sam was always going to stand out. 

'He joined the Labor Party when he was 16 and was elected as a senator only 13 years later. Sam brings his super-charged approach to life to his writing and the result is hilarious- part-memoir, part-political treatise and part-reflection on hard times. 

'We learn about his cats, Lenin and Trotsky; how to deal with neighbours when their front lawns are under siege from the media thanks to your misdemeanour; and how the most dangerous mosh pits are to be found among parents at the school nativity play. 

'One Halal of a Story is a no-holds-barred look at the good and bad of family, politics, and being Sam. ' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Melbourne University Press , 2017 .
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      Extent: 277p.
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      • Published: 31st July 2017
         

      ISBN: 9780522872088

Works about this Work

The Dasher Frank Bongiorno , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , November 2017;

— Review of One Halal of a Story Sam Dastyari , 2017 single work autobiography
Rising Labor Star Crashed to Earth Richard Ferguson , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1 October 2017; (p. 19)

'Sam Dastyari wants you to like him. Made general secretary of the Sydney branch of the ALP when he was barely out of nappies, he was elected to the Senate in 2013, the first person of Iranian origin to sit in an Australian parliament. Ever since, it’s been hard to escape the 34-year-old senator. He’s a grand vizier of social media, appears on every TV show that’ll have him ... and now there’s the furore over his memoir, One Halal of a Story.' (Introduction)

The Dasher Frank Bongiorno , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , November 2017;

— Review of One Halal of a Story Sam Dastyari , 2017 single work autobiography
Rising Labor Star Crashed to Earth Richard Ferguson , 2017 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1 October 2017; (p. 19)

'Sam Dastyari wants you to like him. Made general secretary of the Sydney branch of the ALP when he was barely out of nappies, he was elected to the Senate in 2013, the first person of Iranian origin to sit in an Australian parliament. Ever since, it’s been hard to escape the 34-year-old senator. He’s a grand vizier of social media, appears on every TV show that’ll have him ... and now there’s the furore over his memoir, One Halal of a Story.' (Introduction)

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