{"product_id":"screw-loose-peter-blazey-9780987619105","title":"Screw Loose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScrew Loose\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable autobiography of Peter Blazey (1939-1997), one of Australia's most colourful and outspoken public figures. First published by Picador in the year of his death and now reissued in a second edition by Gazebo Books with a new foreword by former High Court Justice Michael Kirby, this is a memoir of extraordinary candour and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlazey traces his life from a post-war Melbourne childhood and his formative years at Scotch College, through his career as a journalist at \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, his role as press secretary in the Whitlam Government, and his emergence as a prominent figure in Australia's Gay Liberation movement. He stood as the Gay Liberation candidate in a 1978 NSW by-election and wrote extensively for publications including the \u003cem\u003eNational Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, and the gay magazine \u003cem\u003eOutRage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with savage humour and unflinching honesty, \u003cem\u003eScrew Loose\u003c\/em\u003e captures the social and political transformations of Australia across five decades - from the repression of the 1950s to the AIDS crisis of the 1990s. It is at once a personal confession, a political document, and a love letter to a world in upheaval. An essential work of Australian LGBTQ+ history and literary memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Blazey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0987619101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780987619105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gazebo Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.87h x 5.12w x 1.22d","brand":"Peter Blazey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001837658367,"sku":"9780987619105","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/screw-loose-peter-blazey-9780987619105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}