Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Handsome Harold : Mythologising Robert Menzies’ Successor
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'If Scott Morrison taught us nothing else, it is that we must pay attention to the behaviour of leaders who can take decisions that potentially impact us all. That is reason enough to welcome serious political biography. Yet a reader new to the field might be puzzled to find on her bookshop shelves (or in an online search) multiple volumes on, say, Robert Menzies or Bob Hawke and now Harold Holt – even Scott Morrison – and many others. There is no dearth of choice: the question is how to choose?' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Australian Book Review no. 447 October 2022 25231320 2022 periodical issue

    'Welcome to the October issue of ABR. This month we turn to politics of various kinds – local, national, and international. Our cover features include Clare Monagle’s irreverent take on King Charles III, Gillian Russell on recent Northern Irish fiction, Claudio Bozzi on the turbulent state of Italian politics, Peter Goldsworthy on mortality and Salman Rushdie, and Gideon Haigh on a new biography of Daniel Andrews. Also in the issue are reviews of new fiction from Robbie Arnott, Ian McEwan, Kamila Shamsie, Jock Serong, and Eliza Henry-Jones. Graeme Davison reviews Jim Davidson’s book on Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith. Other highlights include David Jack on Chip Le Grand, Peter Rose on Shannon Burns, and Anwen Crawford on Jeff Sparrow.'  (Publication summary)

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