Cassandra Pybus, The Devil and James McAuley.(Book Review)

Journal of Australian Studies, March, 2002 by Parkes, Geoff

University of Queensland Press, 2001, pp 332, pb $26.00. ISBN 070223124X

At a time when our prime minister has been merrily showing the skills of an obsequious lapper, it is interesting perhaps to reflect on where exactly Mr Howard and Co learnt their talents and to consider the type of leadership that exposed Honest John and mates to the benefits of maintaining such a cosy relationship with our North American `neighbours'. And so we journey to the 1940s and 50s, where Johnny, a budding blossom, no doubt would have looked on in awe at James McAuley, close friend and comrade to the wunderkind of Australian shadow-life, B A Santamaria. Cassandra Pybus' now revised edition draws us back into the dimly lit world of Catholic anti-communists, the CIA-funded...

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