On recognising freedom by Humphrey McQueen
An analysis tracing 19th century Australian press freedom, editorials in The Age, and the shift to oligopolistic media control by 1971. It contrasts sharp colonial era opinions on topics from volunteering soldiers to university quality with modern journalism's decline, noting funding, political pressure, and the high cost of newspaper ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Michael Cannon
Melbourne Age
Hearn
David Syme
Portnoy Without the Complaint Portnoy Without the Complaint
Wallace Markfield’s second novel follows Simon Sloan from Brooklyn’s tenements in 1932 to 1942 as he grows into a writer and witness to Jewish street life. The diarylike narrative blends sharp American Jewish speech with vivid scenes, including a provocative boys’ masturbation sequence, set against the era’s culture, hunger for success, and looming Hitler threat. Markfield’s energetic prose aims for distinction though it sometimes unreadably rich. the book remains a flamboyant social portrait with strong language and memory textures.
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Markfield
Leonard Rosten
Simon Sloan
Brooklyn
Maxine
Helene
Stoop
Hitler
Germany
Teitlebaum
Roosevelt
Dave
Simon
Sol Merz
Sobler
Boome
Marshall
Portnoy
Wallace Markfield
Saul Bellow
Paladin paperback trend adds classics and new bios
Aladin's new paperback line maintains quality with titles resuscitating works like Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens and including Timothy Leary's The Politics of Ecstasy and Nik Cohn's Awopbopaloobopalam boom. New releases include A Dictionary of Drugs by Fisher and Christie, The Bog People by Glob, Oscar Wilde by Jullian, and Aspects of the French Revolution by Cobban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aladin
Johan Huizinga
Timothy Leary
Nik Cohn
Richard B. Fisher
George A. Christie
P. V. Glob
Oscar Wilde
Philippe Jullian
Alfred Cobban
France
The Super Civil Servant of Rome Book Review
The Browning biography The Super Civil Servant of Rome by Robert Browning from Weidenfeld and Nicolson covers the sixth century decline of the Roman Empire. It notes Vandals Angles Saxons Visigoths Franks and Ostrogoths shaping a fragmented empire with Rome under barbarian rule and repeated sacks.
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Rome
Justinian and
Theodora
Robert Browning
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Spain
Gaul
Italy
The General Danced at Dawn and Other Stories reviewed
Fraser’s nine stories blend military fact with whimsy, focusing on a Highland Regiment at World War II’s end. Narrated by Lieutenant Dand MacNeill, the tales mix humor and nostalgia, with Private McAulan and the Pipe Major among standout characters.
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George MacDonald Fraser
Barrie and Jenkins
Baor
George MacDonald Frazer
Dand MacNeill
McAualan
Captain MacAlpine
Palestine
MacDonald Fraser
East Berlin
The Pistol and Ice-Cream Headache in Fontana Paperback
James Jones, primarily a scriptwriter, is remembered for his short fiction including the novella The Pistol and stories from The Ice-Cream Headache. Fontana paperback reprints Go to the Widow Maker, a sea voyage novel, priced 1.60. The critic notes the style remains atrocious.
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James Jones
Fontana
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Humphrey McQueen
Wattie Creek
Age
At Rine
Queensland
Freece
Sunday Review
Teitlebaur's
Wallace Markfeld
Jonathan Cape
Paine
Verity H - Queanbeyan
Crawford Street
Louis XII
Howard Linecar
Hamlyn
Brian Palfrey
Reading
Berlin Olympic Stadium
Royal Scots Regiment
By George Stern
Byzantium
Danube
Justinian
Justin
Justinan
John
Cappadocia
Procopius
Tribonian
Germanus Narses
Belisarius
Roman Empire
Hippodrome
Europe
Browning
Santa Sophia
Istanbul
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