Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business - Couverture souple

Button, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0522858589 ISBN 13 : 9780522858587

Editeur : Melbourne University Press, 2012

Synopsis

James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in the blood: his father was the diminutive but larger-than-life Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. Growing up, James watched a roll-call of political luminaries debating the fate of the Labor Party. He saw great victories and defeats at close hand. He believes both his father and his family paid a heavy price for politics. Speechless is James’ highly personal account of a year working in Canberra, seen from both the inside and the outside. It’s told through his experience of Kevin Rudd’s failure to tell his story, and how this helped destroy his prime ministership. It also reflects on how far the Labor Party has moved from the idealism and pragmatism of his father’s generation. He ends on a note of hope for the Party’s revival.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Button worked in 2009 as a speechwriter to the then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. He was previously Europe Correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a former deputy editor and opinion editor of The Age, and has won two Walkley Awards for feature writing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Melbourne University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0522858589
• ISBN 13: 9780522858587
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible