tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post288218143884088792..comments2024-03-28T09:37:33.796+10:00Comments on Opinion Dominion: An uninspired postStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-84963337360828233872008-08-18T10:23:00.000+10:002008-08-18T10:23:00.000+10:00Clive's style of unglamourising his past might be ...Clive's style of unglamourising his past might be heavy handed but the Kogarah of his youth was not that different to suburban Brisbane as far as go carts etc etc and being clueless about how to get educated.<BR/><BR/>He certainly is not recommended for public reading as you will certainly irritate people with laughter.<BR/><BR/>For sheer construction of minature eassay, his writing for television is ideal holiday reading even though the content is decades out of date - also available at all good rundown book exchanges - a diminshing resource I'm afraid.<BR/><BR/>You'll be pleased to know that I came to a dead stop reading his huge Cultural Amnesia book which is full of the missed opportunities to save Jewish refugees when he came out in support the Howards governments immigration policy. It jarred with the tenor of everything else in the book. I love his style so much I'll get back into it at some stage. <BR/><BR/>cheers <BR/><BR/>GeoffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-29668716073171406942008-08-18T09:39:00.000+10:002008-08-18T09:39:00.000+10:00Thanks Peter for the offer. I didn't think writin...Thanks Peter for the offer. I didn't think writing a blog would result in offers to be lent books!<BR/><BR/>I won't take up the offer just yet; I'll be off on holiday soon.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Clive's self assessment is far from generous, and the self analysis does feel very honest because of that.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-6893697560101521212008-08-17T18:05:00.000+10:002008-08-17T18:05:00.000+10:00Hi SteveI not long ago finished unreliable memoirs...Hi Steve<BR/>I not long ago finished unreliable memoirs and had the same feelings as to clives honesty about his childhood sexual experiences,<BR/>a great read though,<BR/>The next book is better i think and equally as funny, falling towards england.<BR/>What i like in a book, i like in a person ,Honesty .<BR/>And with clive you get it in spades <BR/>I think it must have been theraputic for him to write that way,he describes things he is not proud of very openly and in the perspective the affected person would have seen it from <BR/>I liked them both a lot <BR/>Peter <BR/>Ps If you want to borrow the second book ,let me knowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com