October 2022, no. 447
Welcome to the October issue of ABR. This month we turn to politics of various kinds – local, national, and international. Our cover features include Clare Monagle’s irreverent take on King Charles III, Gillian Russell on recent Northern Irish fiction, Claudio Bozzi on the turbulent state of Italian politics, Peter Goldsworthy on mortality and Salman Rushdie, and Gideon Haigh on a new biography of Daniel Andrews. Also in the issue are reviews of new fiction from Robbie Arnott, Ian McEwan, Kamila Shamsie, Jock Serong, and Eliza Henry-Jones. Graeme Davison reviews Jim Davidson’s book on Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith. Other highlights include David Jack on Chip Le Grand, Peter Rose on Shannon Burns, and Anwen Crawford on Jeff Sparrow.
Full Contents
The Invention of Power: Popes, kings, and the birth of the West by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Fact or Fission: The truth about Australia’s nuclear ambitions by Richard Broinowski
The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation by Julianne Schultz
Between Me and Myself: A memoir of murder, desire and the struggle to be free by Sandra Willson, edited by Rebecca Jennings
Emperors in Lilliput: Clem Christesen of Meanjin and Stephen Murray-Smith of Overland by Jim Davidson
Black Ghost of Empire: The long death of slavery and the failure of emancipation by Kris Manjapra
The Penalty Is Death: State power, law, and justice edited by Barry Jones
The Work of History: Writing for Stuart Macintyre edited by Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski
The War Game: Australian war leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq' by by David Horner
Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia’s most powerful premier by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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