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The Powerbroker by Michael Gawenda

$39.95

Hardcover edition, new book.

Publication Date: July 2020.

Publisher: Monash University Publishing

For further details please email info@gertrudeandalice.com.au

Signed copies will be sent after the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival or can be collected at the Festival.

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SKU SJWF109
Description

From the ashes of the darkest event in human history,Australian Jews built a thriving community, one with proportionally moreHolocaust survivors than anywhere else in the world bar Israel. Mark Leibler grew up in this community, and in time became a leader of it. This book shows how Leibler rose to a position of immense influence in Australian public lifeby skilfully entwining his roles as a Zionist leader and a tax lawyer to som eof the country’s richest people.

The book vividly paints a cast of Australian characters among them Paul Keating, John Howard, Julia Gillard and Noel Pearson – who came to know Leibler and to call him a friend, along with people like Kevin Rudd and Bob Carr, who see Leibler as no friend at all. Finally, the book charts the surprise turn in Leibler’s life, when a social and political conservative became a committed advocate for radical reform on behalf ofAustralia’s Indigenous people.

This many-layered book is a portrait of Jewish life in Australia, of the interaction between private wealth and politics, and of a man whose energy, formidable work habits and forcefulness that often tips into pugnacity have made him a highly effective player in Australian affairs.

‘He taught me about power – how to get it and how touse it,’ says Noel Pearson. Through one man’s story, this book shows how power works in Australia.

Additional Information
Weight 0.650 kg