The Big House on the Hill
  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780857980496
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 45

The Big House on the Hill

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Before The West Wing, there was Don Watson.

Before The West Wing, there was Don Watson.

In exquisite prose, and utilising the walk-and-talk style made popular by Aaron Sorkin, Don Watson details for us where the Prime Minister's Office sits and how it functions within Parliament House, the Big House on the Hill.

From Watson's seminal memoir of life in politics Recollections of a Bleeding Heart and featuring a bonus free chapter from his bestselling Death Sentence: The decay of public language.
  • Published: 1 March 2013
  • ISBN: 9780857980496
  • Imprint: Random House Australia
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 45
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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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Also by Don Watson

Death Sentence
There It Is Again
A Single Tree
Worst Words
The Bush
Reflections on Recollections of a Bleeding Heart
The Big House on the Hill (Storycuts)
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Praise for The Big House on the Hill

A superb distillation of the atmosphere - the reality and the theatre - of the Federal Parliament. Watson documents the bizarre intensity of life in a PM's office, the 'tunnel vision' required of advisers and the sometimes uneasy relationship between the leader's office and other MPs.

Dr Carmen Lawrence
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