ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Marr is the author of Patrick White: A Life, Panic, The High Price of Heaven and Dark Victory (with Marian Wilkinson). He has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Saturday Paper, the Guardian and the Monthly, and been editor of the National Times, a reporter for Four Corners and presenter of ABC TV’s Media Watch. He is the author of five bestselling Quarterly Essays.

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Power Trip tracks Kevin Rudd's transformation from a dreamy kid into an implacably determined youth, already set on the prime ministership – and finally, his record as prime minister.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

David Marr is not only Australia’s essayist assoluta, he is our most fearless.

Barry Everingham, Independent Australia

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