
My Country
Stories, Essays and Speeches
David Marr(Author)
Black Inc. (Publisher)
Published on 12. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-1-76064-528-1 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of David Marr's powerful ruminations on art, religion, sex, censorship and the law, his unflinching profiles of party leaders and forensic accounts of social and political controversy.
David Marr is the rarest of breeds: one of Australia's most unflinching, forensic reporters of political controversy, and one of its most subtle and eloquent biographers. In Marr's hands, those things we call reportage and commentary are elevated to artful and illuminating chronicles of our time.
My Country collects his powerful reflections on religion, sex, censorship and the law; striking accounts of leaders, moralists and scandalmongers; elegant ruminations on the arts and the lives of artists. And some memorable new pieces.
'David Marr is as brilliant a biographer and journalist as this country has produced.' -Peter Craven
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76064-528-1 (9781760645281)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David Marr's books include Patrick White: A Life, The High Price of Heaven, Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson), Panic, My Country and six best-selling Quarterly Essays. He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian and The Monthly, and served as editor of The National Times, reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch.