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In their natural habitat, Barry Gustafson

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Political Animals: Confessions of a Parliamentary Zoologist Jane Clifton Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143019643 Two Titans: Muldoon, Lange and Leadership Jon Johansson Dunmore Press, $34.95, ISBN 1877399019 I have always loved Jane Clifton. I mean her well-informed, insightful and quirky newspaper…

Tagged with: Barry Gustafson, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 70, Jane Clifton, Jon Johansson, Penguin, Winter 2005
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

“This is not a documentary”, Jane Clifton

Posted on March 26, 2000 by NZ Books

The Trough Jon Gadsby Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 408 X Satirising politics is almost a redundant art these days, since for the past several years it has been diligently self-satirising. The most farcical, the most cynical, the most…

Tagged with: Issue 42, Jane Clifton, Jon Gadsby, Random House
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

When Porsche comes to shove, Jane Clifton

Posted on June 1, 1999 by NZ Books

The Anti-Economist Papers Paul Bieleski Tandem, $24.95, ISBN 187717856X Here’s a nice rural scene: a passing motorist bets a mustering farmer one sheep that he can guess the exact number of sheep in his flock. When the motorist gets the…

Tagged with: December 2000, Issue 46, Jane Clifton, Paul Bieleski, Tandem
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review