November 2017, no. 396

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November 2017, no. 396

Full Contents

Open Page with Roger McDonald

Claudia Hyles reviews 'Koh-I-Noor: The history of the world’s most infamous diamond' by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand

John Eldridge reviews 'Watching Out: Reflections on justice and injustice' by Julian Burnside

Miriam Cosic reviews 'The Unwomanly Face of War' by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Susan Sheridan reviews 'Thea Astley: Selected poems' edited by Cheryl Taylor

Louis Klee reviews 'Blind Spot' by Teju Cole

If This Is a Jew

Brian McFarlane reviews 'Balancing Acts: Behind the scenes at the National Theatre' by Nicholas Hytner

Andrew Montana reviews 'The Poisoned Chalice: Peter Hall and the Sydney Opera House' by Anne Watson

Christopher Menz reviews 'Rayner Hoff: The life of a sculptor' by Deborah Beck

Michael Shmith reviews 'Ernest Newman: A critical biography' by Paul Watt

2017 Arts Highlights of the Year

Robert S. White reviews 'How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: Power and succession in the history plays' by Peter Lake

'Imprints of Water' by Joan Fleming

Johanna Leggatt reviews 'Whiteley on Trial' by Gabriella Coslovich

Carol Middleton reviews 'The Rules Do Not Apply: A memoir' by Ariel Levy

Brian Matthews reviews 'A Sea-Chase' by Roger McDonald

Anna MacDonald reviews 'The Book of Dirt' by Bram Presser

Cassandra Atherton reviews 'Rubik' by Elizabeth Tan

James Ley reviews 'First Person' by Richard Flanagan

Paul Giles reviews 'A Long Way from Home' by Peter Carey

'ghost flock' by Annamaria Weldon

Geordie Williamson reviews 'The Passage of Love' by Alex Miller

Suzy Freeman-Greene reviews 'Bitch Doctrine: Essays for dissenting adults' by Laurie Penny

Kirk Graham reviews 'Everybody Lies: What the Internet can tell us about who we really are' by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Stephen Mills reviews 'Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam government’s 21st century agenda' edited by Jenny Hocking

Klaus Neumann reviews 'Asylum By Boat: Origins of Australia’s refugee policy' by Claire Higgins

Mark Chou reviews 'The Retreat of Western Liberalism' by Edward Luce and 'The Fate of the West: The battle to save the world’s most successful political idea' by Bill Emmott

James Walter reviews 'Incorrigible Optimist: A political memoir' by Gareth Evans

Morag Fraser reviews 'Martin Luther: Rebel in an age of upheaval' by Heinz Schilling, translated by Rona Johnston

Letters to the Editor - November 2017

News from the Editor's Desk - November 2017