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Robert Dessaix
In today’s crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of us lack a talent for it. We are working…
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Witty, acerbic, insightful musings from Robert Dessaix, one of Australia’s finest writers. One Sunday night in Sydney, Robert Dessaix collapses in a gutter in Darlinghurst, and is helped to his…
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Abracadabra is brimming with the thoughtful, witty and humorous observations for which Dessaix is known, and proves, once again, that his way with words is equally magical on the stage…
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This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that achieves luxurious coherence.‘ – Weekend Australian
This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that…
The autobiography of one of Australia’s finest writers
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The Time of Our Lives is a wise and timely exploration of not just the challenges but also the many possibilities of old age.
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An extraordinary travel memoir by one of Australia’s finest writers
Adopted as a baby towards the end of World War II, Robert Dessaix grew up haunted by 'a shaft of silence' surrounding the question of his natural mother's identity, and…
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Originally published: Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2004.
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With his trademark eloquence and humour, Robert Dessaix, one of Australia’s eminent writers, tackles humbug in the modern world - the tide of mumbo jumbo where words fall short of…
Robert Dessaix takes on the erosion of meaning when words mask motivations in the modern world.
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The first novel from one of Australia’s finest writers
The second novel from one of Australia’s finest writers
