Donald Horne by Donald Horne australian-poetry The culmination of thirty-five years’

The culmination of thirty-five years’ study of previously neglected archives

as well as at the Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou

before dark clouds gathered to obliterate this Arcadian childhood

If one were to entrust the organisation of public life to the devil

Donald Horne by Donald Horne australian-poetry The culmination of thirty-five years’Donald Horne was one of Australias leading thinkers for close to fifty years, and probably the best Australian non fiction writer of his generation. His seminal book The Lucky Country made the case for a more open, modern, intelligent Australia. He was also famous for removing the words Australia for the white man from the masthead of The Bulletin while its editor. This definitive selection of Hornes writing, skilfully made by his son, Nick, tells the