Dimensions
157 x 234 x 24mm
Highly respected Age journalist Peter Wilmoth is known for writing penetrating and insightful profiles of some of Australia's most intriguing characters. For twenty-five years he has been skillfully drawing out the famous and infamous, and, at last, many of his best-known pieces appear together in one volume.
In 'Up Close', Wilmoth takes a very personal look at 28 Australians who are renowned as entertainers, politicians, artists and heroes, as well as ordinary people who have found themselves in extraordinary circumstances - from Bali bombing survivor Hanabeth Luke, to Andrew Denton, Peter Costello, Jana Wendt, Layne Beachley, Neil Finn and Peter Carey. Sympathetic, yet unflinchingly honest, these profiles expose the human beings behind the public masks and reveal them in all their complexity.
'Up Close' is about amazing lives that have variously been touched by controversy, joy, tragedy, and the ups and downs of fame. It is riveting, and often surprising, reading.
