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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 On Borrowed Time
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'A stunning new collection of essays from Australia’s leading public intellectual. In On Borrowed Time, Manne applies his brilliant mind to the topics that have shaped our world over the last five years, including climate change, the media, Australia’s asylum seeker policy, and Wikileaks. This provocative and challenging book features essays on Donald Trump's alleged links to Russia, Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership, the ideas driving Islamic State, and a searing critique of Jonathan Franzen's views on climate change activists.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Black Inc. , 2018 .
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      Extent: 384p.
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      • Published 26 February 2018

      ISBN: 9781760640187, 9781743820391
Form: audiobook
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Audible Studios , 2018 .
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      Extent: 15 hrs and 14 minsp.
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      • Published 5 April 2018

Works about this Work

When the Facts Change Richard King , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 155 2018; (p. 54-55)

‘When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do, sir?’ Robert Manne was speaking with Geraldine Doogue, on Radio National’s Saturday Extra. Responding to a question about his political journey (and under no illusion that he was quoting Keynes, to whom the line is often misattributed), he was talking in a painful whisper, having recently undergone a laryngectomy. The voice was still recognisably his: to Manne’s relief, a silicone prosthesis has obviated the need for an electrolarynx. And the sentiment was familiar, too. Manne, after all, has always been open about his changes of political allegiance—an openness caught (or trumpeted) in the title of his 2005 collection of essays and articles, Left, Right, Left.' (Introduction)

Robert Manne : On Borrowed Time Suzanne Marks , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2018;

— Review of On Borrowed Time Robert Manne , 2018 selected work essay

'From asylum seekers to politics, climate change and the personal challenges of dealing with cancer, Robert Manne’s essays are a rich canvas and urge us to interrogate prejudice and injustice wherever they threaten to take root.'  (Introduction)

Undiminished Voice : Robert Mann's Latest Essay Collection Shaun Crowe , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 401 2018; (p. 14-15)

'By now, the Robert Manne essay is a well-established form – four decades at the centre of public life will do that. Whatever the topic, his pieces tend to possess certain qualities: an almost lawyerly emphasis on fact and argument over style and rhetoric; a professor’s sympathy for the world of ideas over the muck of institutions; an unfashionable willingness to change his mind without worry or shame; and an overwhelming focus on public questions over private struggles.' (Introduction)

Robert Manne : On Borrowed Time Suzanne Marks , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , October 2018;

— Review of On Borrowed Time Robert Manne , 2018 selected work essay

'From asylum seekers to politics, climate change and the personal challenges of dealing with cancer, Robert Manne’s essays are a rich canvas and urge us to interrogate prejudice and injustice wherever they threaten to take root.'  (Introduction)

Undiminished Voice : Robert Mann's Latest Essay Collection Shaun Crowe , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 401 2018; (p. 14-15)

'By now, the Robert Manne essay is a well-established form – four decades at the centre of public life will do that. Whatever the topic, his pieces tend to possess certain qualities: an almost lawyerly emphasis on fact and argument over style and rhetoric; a professor’s sympathy for the world of ideas over the muck of institutions; an unfashionable willingness to change his mind without worry or shame; and an overwhelming focus on public questions over private struggles.' (Introduction)

When the Facts Change Richard King , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Arena Magazine , August no. 155 2018; (p. 54-55)

‘When the facts change I change my mind. What do you do, sir?’ Robert Manne was speaking with Geraldine Doogue, on Radio National’s Saturday Extra. Responding to a question about his political journey (and under no illusion that he was quoting Keynes, to whom the line is often misattributed), he was talking in a painful whisper, having recently undergone a laryngectomy. The voice was still recognisably his: to Manne’s relief, a silicone prosthesis has obviated the need for an electrolarynx. And the sentiment was familiar, too. Manne, after all, has always been open about his changes of political allegiance—an openness caught (or trumpeted) in the title of his 2005 collection of essays and articles, Left, Right, Left.' (Introduction)

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