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'Brian Penton's death at the age of 47 in 1951 was not an unmixed tragedy for either governments or newspaper workers. Many politicians bore him long-standing grudges for the invective and scorn he had heaped upon them. Many newspaper workers remembered his managerial vindictiveness in the Sydney newspaper strike of 1944. But in the longer view, Penton's contribution to Australian culture as a novelist, journalist, political commentator, advocate of freedom of expression, and newspaper editor makes it appropriate both to mourn his early death and to welcome this biography.' (Introduction)
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- The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton 1994 single work biography
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