Reviews

The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia by Frank Bongiorno

toddocracy's review against another edition

2.0

This book was very disappointing Even more so because the introduction, and later the conclusion, promises a comprehensive analysis of an intriguing decade. However, for the educated reader much of the information has been covered before in Kelly's the Hawke Ascendency and the End of Certainty, or the Australian Moment by George Megalogenis in a more detailed fashion. Some of the cultural writing is interesting, but there's not enough of it to sustain an enjoyable read.