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  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780857980489
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 45

Reflections on Recollections of a Bleeding Heart



Ten years on, award-winning writer Don Watson reflects on Paul Keating's response to Recollections of a Bleeding Heart.

Ten years on, award-winning writer Don Watson reflects on Paul Keating's response to Recollections of a Bleeding Heart.

Ranging across the contract, roles and expectations of writing speeches for the orator to own; the bonds and boundaries of speechwriter and maker; how politics and government work in this country; and the freedoms and responsibilities of the biographer, Don Watson gives us much to consider. Including the role of the Keating government in the demise of big-picture politics and the move to poll-driven caution, the transition from society to economy and the debasement of political debate.

Including a bonus free chapter from Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, anniversary edition.

  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780857980489
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 45

About the author

Don Watson

Don Watson is the author of two previous Quarterly Essays and many acclaimed books, including Caledonia Australis, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart, American Journeys, The Bush, Watsonia, The Story of Australia and The Passion of Private White.

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