{"product_id":"packer-and-sons-tommy-murphy-9781760626488","title":"Packer and Sons","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Packer believes you want to be him. 'I recognise that the vast majority of people would swap places with me and I wouldn't swap places with with anyone.' Is he right?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the origin story of the Packer prince told over three generations of tycoons who each battle to inherit their gargantuan birthright and drag it into a new era. \u003cem\u003ePacker \u0026amp; Sons \u003c\/em\u003eis about the family who told Australia how to think, how to relax, how to be - and the knowledge that was passed from father to son - wisdom, acumen, politics. But also, how to forge your body-armour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTommy Murphy (\u003cem\u003eMark Colvin's Kidney, Strangers in Between, Gwen in Purgatory \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eHolding the Man\u003c\/em\u003e) is his generation's great theatre chronicler of the mess that is contemporary Australia. His writing covers vast terrain - the nature of power, who owns the truth, how our society shifts its plate tectonics. Packer \u0026amp; Sons is also a play of intense detail, and the quiet moments when powerful men pass lore to tomorrow's kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis landmark theatrical event takes aim at patriarchal power, the catastrophe of entitlement and the greed that pervades Australian life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tommy Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1760626481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781760626488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Currency Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.39w x 0.22d","brand":"Tommy Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440010342655,"sku":"9781760626488","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a090cf3f-5229-43fe-9c35-981b3cd41521.jpg?v=1777180082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/packer-and-sons-tommy-murphy-9781760626488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}