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Australian Books

Pollie peddling

15 August 2015

9:00 AM

15 August 2015

9:00 AM

A Letter to My Children Christopher Pyne

Melbourne University Press, pp.245, $32.99, ISBN: 9780522867985

The Money Men: Australia’s 12 Most Notable Treasurers Chris Bowen

Melbourne University Press, pp.379, $34.99, ISBN: 9780522866605

When Christopher Pyne’s A Letter to My Children was launched, a bunch of radical students mounted a violent demonstration. The actual cause was rather vague (it always is) and, after reading this book, shouting and throwing things seems remarkably inappropriate. For this is a very gentle, calm book, even loving in its way.

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