Bob Ellis (1) (1942–2016)

"Goodbye Jerusalem" was a huge book back in the day; Author Bob Ellis was riding a level of fame in Australia not usually reserved for speechwriters, and this was something of a tell-all book, complete with defamation lawsuits from then Australian Treasurer Peter Costello and his wife.

Ellis lost the lawsuit and the section pertaining to the Costello's was expurgated. I read the expurgated edition while on a European holiday, so perhaps my views on "Goodbye Jerusalem" were tainted somewhat but I really couldn't see the point.

Ellis tends to ramble a bit and lionises Australian Labor figures, ascribing greatness on some that more unbiased commentators consider mediocre.

Still, it was an amusing (if now somewhat dated) read that may interest the politically minded.… (mer)

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