{"product_id":"9781921825378","title":"Quarterly Essay 38 Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd","description":"\u003ci\u003ePower Trip\u003c\/i\u003e shows the making of Kevin Rudd, prime minister. In Eumundi, where Rudd was born, David Marr investigates the formative tragedy of his life: the death of his father and what came after. He tracks the transformation of a dreamy kid into an implacably determined youth, already set on the prime ministership. He examines Rudd’s years as Wayne Goss’s right-hand man in Queensland, his relentless work in federal Opposition – from Sunrise to AWB – and finally his record as prime minister.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Rudd’s Queensland years, Marr finds strange patterns that will recur: a tendency to chaos, a mania for control and a strange mix of heady ambition and retreat. All through this dazzling and revelatory essay, Marr seeks to know what drives an extraordinarily driven man. As \u003ci\u003ePower Trip\u003c\/i\u003e concludes, he enters into a conversation with the prime minister in which much becomes clear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rudd had sold himself to the Australian people as a new kind of leader: a man of intellect and values out to reshape the future. If he isn’t that, people are asking, what is he? And who is he? … Millions of words have been written about him since he emerged from the Labor pack half a dozen years ago, but Rudd remains hidden in full view.” —David Marr, \u003ci\u003ePower Trip\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Black Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183604547824,"sku":"9781921825378","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921825378_p0.jpg?v=1763632508","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921825378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}