Goodbye Jerusalem: Night Thoughts Of A Labor Outsider
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the brutal arena of Australian politics, where idealism collides with cynicism and loyalty is always contingent, Bob Ellis stands as one of the most passionate and unruly witnesses of his generation. Goodbye Jerusalem: Night Thoughts of a Labor Outsider chronicles the author's decades-long, turbulent relationship with the Australian Labor Party — a relationship defined by devotion, disillusionment, and an unshakeable belief in the progressive promise that Labor so often fails to keep. Written with the ferocity of a true believer scorned, Ellis delivers a searing political memoir that is part confession, part polemic, and entirely riveting. Ellis writes with a distinctly Australian voice — larrikin in spirit yet Shakespearean in his sense of tragedy — and this collection of essays and reflections argues that the Labor Party's greatest enemy is not the conservative Right, but its own timidity and moral compromise. Rich with insider anecdotes, sharp character studies of political figures, and the author's trademark wit and lyricism, the work presents Australian political history as a deeply personal story. For anyone who has ever believed in a cause larger than themselves, only to watch it falter in the hands of the pragmatic and the cautious, Ellis's testament will resonate with haunting familiarity.
Author: Bob Ellis
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the brutal arena of Australian politics, where idealism collides with cynicism and loyalty is always contingent, Bob Ellis stands as one of the most passionate and unruly witnesses of his generation. Goodbye Jerusalem: Night Thoughts of a Labor Outsider chronicles the author's decades-long, turbulent relationship with the Australian Labor Party — a relationship defined by devotion, disillusionment, and an unshakeable belief in the progressive promise that Labor so often fails to keep. Written with the ferocity of a true believer scorned, Ellis delivers a searing political memoir that is part confession, part polemic, and entirely riveting. Ellis writes with a distinctly Australian voice — larrikin in spirit yet Shakespearean in his sense of tragedy — and this collection of essays and reflections argues that the Labor Party's greatest enemy is not the conservative Right, but its own timidity and moral compromise. Rich with insider anecdotes, sharp character studies of political figures, and the author's trademark wit and lyricism, the work presents Australian political history as a deeply personal story. For anyone who has ever believed in a cause larger than themselves, only to watch it falter in the hands of the pragmatic and the cautious, Ellis's testament will resonate with haunting familiarity.