{"product_id":"les-carlyon-a-life-in-words","title":"Les Carlyon A Life In Words","description":"\u003cp data-v-8a848426=\"\" class=\"Product-Keynote\"\u003eThe Collected Writing Of One Of Australia's Most Admired Authors And Journalists, Les Carlyon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-8a848426=\"\" class=\"Product-Description\"\u003e'les Carlyon Has Died, And Australia Has Lost One Of Its Greatest Wordsmiths.' Greg Baum,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'he's Been Called Australia's Damon Runyon, But That Tag Is Far Too Limiting To Do Him Justice. Certainly His Turf Stories Are Usually Character-Driven Gems. But Read Him On Anzac Cove, Or Bradman, Or Ted Whitten, Or Any Part Of The Essence Of This Country. He Writes With Gritty Elegance.' Harry Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLes Carlyon Was One Of Australia's Greatest Journalists And Writers. His Career In Newspapers Was Stellar - He Became Editor Of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAt 33, And Went On To Become Editor In Chief Of The Herald \u0026amp;Amp; Weekly Times. But He Was Always Much More About The Written Word Than About Management, Winning Two Walkley Awards And The Coveted Graham Perkin Journalist Of The Year Award In A Career Where He Covered Everything From Politics To Horse Racing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Most Australians Will Know Him As An Author, Writing Books That Gave Us The Very Essence Of Our History And Our Culture - As Though He Was In The Trenches Of The Western Front, Or In The Betting Ring At Flemington. His Epic Account Of The First Anzac Campaign,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallipoli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2001, Was Truly Ground-Breaking, Combining Incredible Research And An Ability To Capture The Human Essence With A Style That Was Distinctively His Own.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallipoli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWent On To Become An International Bestseller, And His Sequel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2006, Won The Prime Minister's Prize For Australian History, And Was The 2007 Australian Book Industry Book Of The Year.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2012, An Intimate Portrait Of Bart Cummings, Cemented Les's Place As Australia's Greatest-Ever Horse Racing Writer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Don Bradman To Paul Keating, From Flemington To Flanders, From Henry Lawson To Clive James,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Life In Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIs A Collection Of Les's Very Best Writing, Taken From Across His Career.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-8a848426=\"\" class=\"Product-Description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46817664663769,"sku":"BK0522878","price":380.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/9781761068225.jpg?v=1752664956","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/les-carlyon-a-life-in-words","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}