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Hugh Lunn writes of his Brisbane suburban childhood with great feeling and affection. It’s a book that had me roaring with laughter…a warm, witty and amusing remembrance.

A revealing, funny read for anyone interested in how the media works

Think Russell Crowe in tennis whites

" Very funny and irreverent…a classic."

One of the best political books produced in recent years

“Hugh has provided us with a large number of candid insights into his formative years, even some scarifyingly brutal insights. I’m impressed by the number of occasions when the notion of impure thoughts is mentioned… It’s an affectionate, slightly wistful, and embarrassingly accurate account of the way I remember growing up.”

A real page turner that fills in the gaps between history and what the media portrays

‘A marvellous ability to take us back in time to where nostalgia meets reality’

“A wonderful, wonderful read. It takes pride of place in my house. I’m a very proud Australian and the things that that book covered, it was me. And I’m sure a lot of people saw themselves in all the things described. It was all very, very true.”

“A triumph for Australian publishing.”

A universal story about growing up.

When I read your books I return to another world.

‘Powerful, sensitive and often poignant account of young adulthood in the ’60s’

A beautiful evocation of childhood. Don’t miss reading Over the Top with Jim. It’s one of the funniest most moving autobiographies around.

Searingly funny account of growing up in a working-class family in 1950s Australia…holds a special place in the heart of thousands of Australians and that has made Hugh Lunn a national treasure.

‘Has written truly about the Vietnam War. Even the lies are true’

‘Ranks with some of the best expository prose of recent years in this or any other country’

“An embarrassing book to read in public. I defy you to read it without laughing out loud.”

A glittering gem of a memoir.

Reading The Great Fletch, I could smell the gum leaves.

‘Without a doubt the most instructive, emotional, enlightening and ironic book on Rupert Murdoch’

‘Sometimes scarifyingly brutal’

Among the dozens of books written on the most influential Australian in history, at least a couple of biographies are instructive. That of Neil Chenoweth and William Shawcross. But without a doubt the most instructive, emotional, enlightening, and ironic is the Australian journalist Hugh Lunn’s "Working for Rupert" 

‘Can one really be so blessed with a Fred and Olive for a Mum and Dad?’

Brilliantly witty...a wonderfully innocent, beguiling book

‘Ken Fletcher was the James Bond of the tennis world. Think Russell Crowe in tennis whites’

Fletcher's romantic liaisons, flirtations with the rich and famous ... make for a rollicking read