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The High Price of Heaven by David Marr

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April 2000, no. 219

The High Price of Heaven by David Marr

Allen & Unwin, $24.95 hb, 319 pp

The High Price of Heaven by David Marr

by
April 2000, no. 219

A strong sense of déjà vu attends my reading of the latest book by David Marr. Not only have some of the pieces collected in this volume been published in the popular press and weekend magazines, but the tone, direction, and intellectual content of this work seems wearily familiar. In The High Price of Heaven we find the sardonic, witty, disbelieving voice of secular reason and common sense. It is a voice that has enjoyed a lot of airplay in Australia over the last one hundred years and more. This voice finds religion to be a huge joke, making claims about reality and truth that cannot be supported by reason or tested by ordinary experience.

David Tacey reviews 'The High Price of Heaven' by David Marr

The High Price of Heaven

by David Marr

Allen & Unwin, $24.95 hb, 319 pp

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