Book: Quarterly Essay Issue 34 2009 - Stop at nothing the life and adventures of Malcolm Turnbull by Annabel Crabb, RRP $16.95 (try the politics section of your local bookhop)
I just finished Annabel's Crabb's excellent Quarterly Essay on Malcolm Turnbull. Alas for Annabel, Utegate somewhat undermined some of the arguments she made about Turny ("It's not that he makes blunders; he doesn't as a rule"). But it's a cracking good read, brilliantly written, funny and informative. Totally worth consumption (I got mine as part of my Crikey package).
Favourite bit...
(Scene setting; Annabel is at a Liberal party fundraiser in 2008, the guest of honour of which is John Howard)
Unable to bear the member for Macarthur's raw grief, I glanced surreptitiously through the showbag that I'd found on my chair. It contained a teatowel, a John Howard DVD, two energy-saver light bulbs, three Ferrero Rocher chocolates, a mini-bottle of Bundaberg Rum and a copy of Gourmet Traveller's January 2006 issue - a strikingly inappropriate collection of trinkets to commemorate the departure of public life of a man like John Howard.
Me? I would have tricked that fucker out with some fake dog shit ... yes ... fake ...
Monday, June 29, 2009
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