{"product_id":"2026200012197-secondhand-whatever-it-takes","title":"Whatever It Takes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in Australian political history have operated with the raw, unapologetic effectiveness of Graham Richardson, and Whatever It Takes is his unvarnished account of decades spent at the ruthless heart of the Australian Labor Party. Richardson, a master tactician and kingmaker, chronicles his rise from the backrooms of NSW Labor politics to the corridors of federal power, detailing the deals, the betrayals, the alliances, and the hardball manoeuvring that defined an era of Australian governance. Written with the candour of a man who has nothing left to hide, this memoir pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of power in Canberra, presenting a world where loyalty is currency and pragmatism reigns supreme.\n\nRichardson's narrative is as much a portrait of an age as it is a personal confession, illuminating the Hawke and Keating governments from the inside with forensic clarity and a disarming lack of sentimentality. His prose is direct, sharp, and often darkly witty, reflecting the personality of a man who built a career on saying what others dared not. As a primary source document of late twentieth-century Australian political life, Whatever It Takes stands as essential reading — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of what happens in politics we are never meant to know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130921951451,"sku":"2026200012197-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/768ac4a9-b683-491b-8fe2-27b58668d776.png?v=1786592132","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012197-secondhand-whatever-it-takes","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}