The Wit of Whitlam
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Wit of Whitlam
By (Author) James Carleton
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
3rd December 2014
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
994.06
Physical Properties
Paperback
168
Width 109mm, Height 179mm, Spine 21mm
184g
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.'
Author Bio
James Carleton is a reporter and alternate presenter of Radio National's Breakfast program. Specialising in national and international politics, especially the Middle East, he has reported for 7.30 and written for the Sydney Morning Herald. James is well experienced with conflict situations as the father of three young boys.In 1990 he founded the Sydney University club 'The Dewy-Eyed Whitlamites', Australia.
