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Keating: A biography by Edna Carew

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November 1988, no. 106

Keating: A biography by Edna Carew

Allen and Unwin, 240 pp, $29.95 hb

Keating: A biography by Edna Carew

by
November 1988, no. 106

This book has drawn comment from press gallery journalists that the author’s background as a finance writer has led to weaknesses in its political analysis. The political sections, however, strike this reader as every bit up to the standard of the press gallery contributions on the subject, and, indeed, add some useful detail on Paul Keating’s early years, which were devoted with such unswerving dedication to entering parliament at the age of twenty-five. Both the gallery and Carew agree that Keating is an outstanding politician and enormously successful treasurer. While it is not always fair to lament that a book is different from the one you might have preferred to read – the author’s task is hard enough as it is – I would have hoped that the economic issues would have been explored with a much broader brush.

Brian Toohey reviews 'Keating: A biography' by Edna Carew

Keating: A biography

by Edna Carew

Allen and Unwin, 240 pp, $29.95 hb

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