Plankton's Luck: A Life In Retrospect
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few lives capture the turbulent currents of Australian cultural and political life quite like that of Mungo MacCallum — journalist, provocateur, and one of the sharpest observers of the Australian scene. Plankton's Luck: A Life in Retrospect is a candid memoir in which MacCallum chronicles his decades at the centre of Australian journalism, from the wild days of the Whitlam era to the corridors of political power, with his trademark wit and unflinching honesty. Drifting, as he puts it, like plankton — at the mercy of tides larger than himself — he nonetheless manages to be present at almost every pivotal moment in modern Australian public life. The result is a richly entertaining account of a career spent holding power to account. MacCallum writes with the ease and authority of a man who has nothing left to prove, blending sharp political commentary with warm personal anecdote. His memoir stands as a vivid document of late twentieth-century Australia, illuminating the personalities, scandals, and seismic shifts that shaped the nation. For anyone curious about what really went on behind the headlines, this is an irresistible invitation.
Author: Mungo Maccallum
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Melbourne, Hutchinson
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few lives capture the turbulent currents of Australian cultural and political life quite like that of Mungo MacCallum — journalist, provocateur, and one of the sharpest observers of the Australian scene. Plankton's Luck: A Life in Retrospect is a candid memoir in which MacCallum chronicles his decades at the centre of Australian journalism, from the wild days of the Whitlam era to the corridors of political power, with his trademark wit and unflinching honesty. Drifting, as he puts it, like plankton — at the mercy of tides larger than himself — he nonetheless manages to be present at almost every pivotal moment in modern Australian public life. The result is a richly entertaining account of a career spent holding power to account. MacCallum writes with the ease and authority of a man who has nothing left to prove, blending sharp political commentary with warm personal anecdote. His memoir stands as a vivid document of late twentieth-century Australia, illuminating the personalities, scandals, and seismic shifts that shaped the nation. For anyone curious about what really went on behind the headlines, this is an irresistible invitation.