Wednesdays with Bob by Bob Hawke and Derek Rielly

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is in good condition with wear to tail front cover. Interior and binding are excellent.

On Wednesdays during 2016, Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd prime minister, welcomed writer Derek Rielly into his home for animated conversation and indecently fine cigars. On a sun-soaked balcony, the irreverent young writer and the charismatic old master talked about life, death, love, sex, religion, politics, sport, fatherhood, marriage and everything in between.

The result is this extraordinary and unique portrait of a remarkable Australian eloquently, emotionally and humorously reflecting on his past.

Interspersing these chats with Hawke are Rielly's interviews with Bob's contemporaries - former nemesis John Howard, Labor allies Gareth Evans and Kim Beazley, lover and wife Blanche D'Alpuget, good mates John Singleton and Col Cunningham, diplomat Richard Woolcott and economist Ross Garnaut and more - all painting Hawke's enigma from the outside and paying tribute to a man who strode the world stage with aplomb and won the hearts of millions in Australia and worldwide. (book flap)