{"product_id":"9781925203929","title":"Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Pursuit of Power","description":"In \u003ci\u003eFaction Man\u003c\/i\u003e, David Marr traces the career of a Labor warrior. In dazzling style, he shows how this brilliant recruiter and formidable campaigner mastered first the unions and then the party in pursuit of an ambition he set himself in childhood: to be Prime Minister of Australia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bill Shorten is now a contender. But where do his loyalties lie? Is he a defender of Labor values in today’s Australia, or is he a shape-shifter, driven entirely by politics? And does this product of the old world of union intrigue have what it takes to defeat Malcolm Turnbull and lead the country? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Marr reveals a man we hardly know: the Napoleon of the factions, a virtuoso with numbers and a strategist of skill who Labor has backed to return the party to power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘David Marr is as brilliant a biographer and journalist as this country has produced’ —Peter Craven, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Marr is the author of \u003ci\u003ePatrick White: A Life, Panic, The High Price of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDark Victory\u003c\/i\u003e (with Marian Wilkinson), as well as five bestselling Quarterly Essays. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAge\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eMonthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and been editor of the \u003ci\u003eNational Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a reporter for \u003ci\u003eFour Corners\u003c\/i\u003e and presenter of ABC TV’s \u003ci\u003eMedia Watch.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Schwartz Publishing Pty. Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131931803888,"sku":"9781925203929","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925203929_p0.jpg?v=1763634486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925203929","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}