On Humbug

Author: Robert Dessaix

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9780522856033
  • : Melbourne University Publishing
  • : Melbourne University Press
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  • : 01 May 2009
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  • : Australia
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Description

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 what they mean and motivations are not always what they appear.

Author description

Robert Dessaix is a writer, interviewer, translator and broadcaster. His best-known books, published around the world, are the autobiography A Mother's Disgrace, the novels Night Letters and Corfu, a collection of essays and short stories (And So Forth) and the travel memoir Twilight of Love. He has also published translations of works by Chekhov, Dostoyevsky and Turgenev.