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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Vintage Keating
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'So far, Paul Keating is the only Australian Prime Minister to provide star material for a musical comedy. Who can imagine any of the others doing that?

'Even before he became Prime Minister, Keating had made a name for himself as someone who could dominate Parliament with his rapid and cutting ripostes. By the time he did reach the top office, there were already book length collections of his insults and invective. Even the Liberal Party, apparently, was keeping a list. Nobody was safe, not even people on his own side of politics. Ask 'Old Silver'. In this book, Brian Carroll has found and arranged enough of Keating's utterances to keep you chuckling (or clucking your tongue) for a long time.

'The book begins with a short biography of Keating, just to put it all in context. Then there's a long parade of his wit, leavened with a certain amount of his wisdom, of which there was plenty, but which too often tends to be overlooked. Being rejected by the electors did not stop him, and the book contains examples of his wit and wisdom right up to the end of 2009. As one observer put it, he brought a breath of fresh air to the wasteland of weasel words we endure.

'And for those who have not seen Keating! The Musical, and even for those who have, there's a chapter on how the show came to be and what it's all about.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Dural, Dural - Galston area, Hornsby area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Rosenberg , 2010 .
      Extent: 192p.
      Description: illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Includes a biography of Paul Keating by Brian Carroll (p.9-37). Also includes a section on Keating : The Musical!.
      ISBN: 9781877058998 (pbk)

Works about this Work

Silver Tongue Hones Razor Wit Daphne Guinness , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 October 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Vintage Keating Paul Keating , 2010 selected work prose
Silver Tongue Hones Razor Wit Daphne Guinness , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 10 October 2010; (p. 12)

— Review of Vintage Keating Paul Keating , 2010 selected work prose
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