{"product_id":"9781863958912","title":"Bob Ellis: In His Own Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eCompiled by Anne Brooksbank\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Jack Ellis and reflection by Les Murray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBob Ellis: In His Own Words\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the best of Ellis’s celebrated and much-loved essays, speeches, diaries and scripts, in addition to previously unpublished work, archival photos, and reflections from close friends and family. Compiled by Anne Brooksbank, this collection contains all the wit, acuity and forthrightness that we have come to expect from this inimitable wordsmith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book honours Ellis’s illustrious and prodigious writing legacy: it’s a keepsake for longtime Ellis fans that will also win him many new admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBob Ellis is the author of over twenty books, fifty-five screenplays, two hundred poems, five hundred political speeches, a hundred songs and two thousand film reviews. His books include the bestselling \u003cem\u003eGoodbye Babylon, So It Goes, The Capitalism Delusion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFirst Abolish the Customer.\u003c\/em\u003e He co-wrote the classic films\u003cem\u003eNewsfront\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFatty Finn, Man of Flowers \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGoodbye Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e, and wrote and directed \u003cem\u003eNostradamus Kid\u003c\/em\u003e. He had a long and close involvement with politics, covering as a journalist twenty-five campaigns in Australia, the UK, and the US, and writing speeches for Kim Beazley, Bob Carr among others. Bob Ellis died in April 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064946639088,"sku":"9781863958912","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781863958912_p0.jpg?v=1763601345","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781863958912","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}