<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Australian Books

Kerr’s curse

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

30 January 2016

9:00 AM

The Dismissal: In the Queen’s Name Paul Kelly and Troy Bramston

Penguin, pp.432, $39.99, ISBN: 9780670079209

Here it is, yet another book on the Dismissal.

The fall of Gough Whitlam in 1975 has created quite a cottage industry – with Paul Kelly penning what feels like eighty books on the matter alone – and some people may feel that it’s time to call it a day with Gough, Mal and Sir John.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER

Richard Ferguson is a regular contributor to The Spectator Australia

You might disagree with half of it, but you’ll enjoy reading all of it. Try your first month for free, then just $2 a week for the remainder of your first year.


Comments

Black Friday sale

Subscribe today and get 10 weeks of The Spectator Australia for just $1

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close