Mungo: The Man Who Laughs
Maccallum, Mungo

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"I come from a political family. This is less of a boast than an admission. While a trace of convict or aboriginal ancestry that was once a matter for shame and concealment is now considered rather chic, politicians remain the pits."

When Mungo MacCallum moved to Canberra in 1967, he was immediately caught up in the maelstrom of political activity which was sweeping Australia. Already a satirical political journalist of repute, he went to Canberra to see what was happening. There he became one of the most influential and wittiest political chroniclers of the Whitlam years, writing entertaining material on the facts, analyses and anecdotes of the political animals who inhabit Parliament House.

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Mungo MacCallum was a political journalist for many years who has written for the Nation Review, the National Times, The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald. Duffy and Snellgrove will be publishing his next book, How to be a Megalomania: Advice to a Young Politician in October.He is the author of several books, including the Oxford Book of Australian Political Anecdotes.