Unknown great Australian p.8-9, Evatt essay. "If Evatt hadn't existed, Bob Hawke would probably be teaching school at Carnarvon today. If Evatt hadn't existed, Bill Hayden might still be pounding the beat in Townsville."
Max Harris - where does he fit in Australia's literary world - Ern Malley seems to have finally lost its lustre and strange power, but the protagonists now forgotten - Harris far too precocious in his early days, but these essays show a mellowing, experience.
Still very Harris though - a man of the world and yet focussed on Adelaide, and liable to have a go at any power figure, and bring history down a peg or two.
Amazing that Australia produced or had an effect on so many characters, King O'Malley, Grainger, Flynn, Melba, Ellis....a strange bunch.
Book(s) read: The unknown great Australian by Max Harris
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