{"product_id":"9781925626254","title":"A Pleasure to Be Here: The Best of Clarke and Dawe 1989-2017","description":"\u003cp\u003e A hilarious collection of interviews discussing the highs and lows in the public and political life of Australia over the past three decades. Drawn from John Clarke’s and Bryan Dawe’s weekly broadcasts, these timelessly funny scripts will delight readers as they revisit the scandals and stuff-ups of our lifetimes. Politics was never so preposterous. All the old favourites are here: Bob Hawke, Margaret Thatcher, Bob Collins (‘the front fell off’), Paul Keating, Alan Bond, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New Zealand in 1948. He was and remains one of Australia’s best known and most loved faces on TV. A comedian, writer and actor, his appearances included the famous Fred Dagg character, \u003ci\u003eThe Gillies Report\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Games\u003c\/i\u003e. John’s books include \u003ci\u003eThe Even More Complete Book of Australian Verse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dagg at My Table, The Howard Miracle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe 7.56 Report\u003c\/i\u003e. His only novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Tournament, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in the UK and the US to great critical acclaim and will be republished in the Text Classics in November. He died in April 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ‘A reminder of what a god of a comedian he was…Clarke never imitated the voices, faces or mannerisms of our overlord. He simply paid lavish and travestying homage to the way they thought and did their best to deceive us.’ \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138588623088,"sku":"9781925626254","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925626254_p0.jpg?v=1763634730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925626254","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}