| Wit of Whitlam Main Edition Contributor(s): Carlton, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0522868088 ISBN-13: 9780522868081 Publisher: Melbourne University OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Political Science | World - Australian & Oceanian |
| Dewey: 994.06 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.90 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: His wife Margaret was his 'best appointment', he called Malcolm Fraser 'Kerr's cur' after the Dismissal and when Sir Winton Turnbull called out in parliament 'I am a country member', Gough interjected 'I remember'. When it was suggested he was funny, Gough responded: 'Funny Funny? Witty, yes. Epigrammatic perhaps, but not funny. You make me sound like a clown.' James Carleton, Radio National presenter and founder of the university club 'The Dewy-Eyed Whitlamites', presents a keepsake of Goughisms that vindicates the Great Man's self-assessment, 'I never said I was immortal, merely eternal.' |