Perth & The Big Sleep: and other essays

By Greg Hoey

A collection of lively essays by the author about his home town as well other areas of life, both on a social as well political front. Including... essays on many of the critical figures of the age, ranging from the politics of Richard Nixon to Nancy Reagan; Mao to Mikhail Gorbachev; Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld; Henry Kissinger to Bill Clinton. As capturing the current zeitgeist with some very sharp literary observations of the current social climate constructed by economic climate of the last 4 decades. This is a well written book you must have ''A genuine page-turner, essays full of intimacies reflections and a deep abiding love of politics & history and the grand machinations involved'' -anon."A thoroughly fine read" -Mitchel McDonaughy ''A must read'' -P.Thompson

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502574020
• ISBN13: 9781502574022
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"