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The Marmalade Files
An imaginative romp through the dark underbelly of politics by two veteran Canberra insiders.
When seasoned newshound Harry Dunkley is slipped a compromising photograph one frosty Canberra dawn he knows he′s onto something big. In pursuit of the scoop, Dunkley must negotiate the deadly corridors of power where the minority Toohey Government hangs by a thread - its stricken...more
When seasoned newshound Harry Dunkley is slipped a compromising photograph one frosty Canberra dawn he knows he′s onto something big. In pursuit of the scoop, Dunkley must negotiate the deadly corridors of power where the minority Toohey Government hangs by a thread - its stricken...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
August 1st 2012
by HarperCollins
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I loved this book. If you live in Canberra and are an "inside the beltway" person like me, and work the odd 80-hour week, it's the perfect book. I chuckled and giggled all the way through it. It is so irreverent I can't believe that it ever got through the defamation lawyers. The story is a light political thriller set in Canberra in 2011, among a government which scarily resembles the current one. I particularly loved the jabs at the Greens and at the lobby group GetSet! And of course the entir...more
Since the election of Kevin Rudd it’s often refrained about national politics that ‘you couldn’t make this shit up;’ but it turns out you can as Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis demonstrate with their laugh-out-loud novel The Marmalade Files.
Part thriller but mostly satire, Marmalade Files is a deliciously fun look at Australian politics and the characters of Canberra.
Marmalade’s protagonists are easily identifiable caricatures of current political figures. The dumped-Prime-Minister-now-Foreign-M...more
Part thriller but mostly satire, Marmalade Files is a deliciously fun look at Australian politics and the characters of Canberra.
Marmalade’s protagonists are easily identifiable caricatures of current political figures. The dumped-Prime-Minister-now-Foreign-M...more
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One of the biggest problems with the blanding out of Australian Federal politics and society is that Political Satire seems to have disappeared around the back, probably mugged by some idiot with a bias obsession. Well that is until THE MARMALADE FILES where I cannot begin to tell you how excited I was to finally find something to laugh about coming out of Canberra. In an amused way, not that panicked titter that escapes when you realise that the idiot on the telly who just said what they said m...more
I enjoyed this book. Not too demanding, fun, engaging and very wry. It would especially appeal to anyone who's lived in Canberra for its copious references to local quirks and nuances. The book covers the story of Harry Dunkley, a journalist for The Australian, who exposes political manipulation and scandal, with significant parallels to reality. The style of writing and story reminded me a little of the Murray Whelan stories by Shane Maloney. I was pleased that the ending was left open for mor...more
Given the parlous state of Australian federal politics, this was light therapy to read a spoof from two insider journos. Or is it? I won't spoil the twist at the end but it is satisfying yet tantalising - do these guys know more than is allowed out into the public domain? An easy read, witty and at last a chance to laugh at our messy, bitchy political situation.
A good fun, light read. The two writers have clearly seen and heard it all in Canberra and seem to have enjoyed using fiction as a medium to get a few things off their chests.
I loved this one and hope that Lewis and Uhllman have a sequel on the way. I so want to find out what Kevin - I mean Baily is up to. If you follow Australian politics as a spectator sport then this book is for you. I enjoyed trying to match real-world characters with the players in this story. Lots of laughs, cheeky boys.
A light hearted political romp that could have been more. Disappointed at how the authors wrapped it up so quickly and neatly, but overall, a good read.
One for the fed politics/press gallery tragics.
Easy read for political tragics.
Funny. Very funny.
Entertaining political romp with undertones from reality ...
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Steve Lewis has been reporting politics in Canberra since 1992 and has survived the near collapse of the Fairfax media group, three Prime Ministers, Mark Latham and a career switch from THE FINANCIAL REVIEW to the News Ltd tabloids.
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