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A Secret Country
John Pilger
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Description for A Secret Country
Paperback. A study which takes the reader beyond the euphemistic and romantic popular misconceptions to reveal the often invisible past and the present subterfuge of Australia. It portrays a country of stark contrasts, of visionaries and criminals whose secrets are exposed. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 330.
Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high political drama.
Expatriate journalist and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A Secret Country, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high political drama.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099152316
SKU
V9780099152316
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99-99
About John Pilger
John Pilger grew up in Sydney, Australia. He was a war correspondent, author and film-maker. He twice won British journalism's highest award, that of Journalist of the Year, for his work all over the world, notably in Cambodia and Vietnam. He was also voted International Reporter of the Year and winner of the United Nations Associated Peace Prize and ... Read more
Reviews for A Secret Country
Reminiscent of a sabre-toothed, unexpurgated Dickens
Robert Carver
New Statesman
A moving account of the abuse of human rights in Australia, all the more valuable because it is written by an Australian writer
Graham Greene Pilger is a first-rate dissident journalist... Presents a harsh narrative of class, race and power; of the oppression and resistance, the ... Read more
Robert Carver
New Statesman
A moving account of the abuse of human rights in Australia, all the more valuable because it is written by an Australian writer
Graham Greene Pilger is a first-rate dissident journalist... Presents a harsh narrative of class, race and power; of the oppression and resistance, the ... Read more