{"product_id":"a-bloody-good-rant-9781743311578","title":"A Bloody Good Rant: My Passions, Memories and Demons","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing a lifetime observing Australia and its people, Tom Keneally turns inwards to reflect on what has been important to him.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e'When I was born in 1935 I grew up, despite depression and World War II, with a primitive sense of being fortunate . . . The Utopian strain was very strong . . . if we weren't to be a better society, if we were simply serfs designed to support a system of privilege, what was the bloody point?'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom Keneally has been observing, reflecting on and writing about Australia and the human condition for well over fifty years. In this deeply personal, passionately drawn and richly tuned collection he draws on a lifetime of engagement with the great issues of our recent history and his own moments of discovery and understanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe writes with unbounded joy of being a grandparent, and with intimacy and insight about the prospect of death and the meaning of faith. He is outraged about the treatment of Indigenous Australians and refugees, and argues fiercely against market economics and the cowardice of climate change deniers. And, he introduces us to some of the people, both great and small, who have dappled his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully written, erudite and at times slyly funny, \u003ci\u003e A Bloody Good Rant\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to share the deep humanity of truly great Australian. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for \u003ci\u003eAustralians\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'No doubt about it, \u003ci\u003eAustralians\u003c\/i\u003e is a corker.' - Cassandra Pybus, \u003ci\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'. . . the story of Australia and the Australians could be in no better hands than Keneally's.' - \u003ci\u003eWest Australian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Keneally evokes these distant lives with concrete detail and vivid sympathy . . . his people inhabit the same world we do - we meet them without the hesitation of reaching across voids of space and time. - \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'[\u003ci\u003eAustralians\u003c\/i\u003e] will appeal to the general reader and the avid historian alike, and this is only the first volume. This reader can't wait for the second.' - \u003ci\u003eBookseller + Publisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Keneally\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1743311575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781743311578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Thomas Keneally","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987168657663,"sku":"9781743311578","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79a1833f-894d-4d13-b24b-8d42b8168776.jpg?v=1683287408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bloody-good-rant-9781743311578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}