{"product_id":"9781742231402","title":"Dirty Secrets","description":"Author: Meredith Burgmann\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781742231402\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: NewSouth Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWell-known Australians  mavericks, activists, movers and shakers  reflect on their own ASIO files.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this moving, funny and sometimes chilling book, leading Australians open their ASIO files and read what the state's security apparatus said about them. Writers from across the political spectrum including David Stratton, Phillip Adams, Peter Cundall, Michael Kirby, Gary Foley and Anne Summers confront  and in some cases reclaim  their pasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting on the interpretations, observations and proclamations that anonymous officials make about your personal life is not easy  at least for some. Yet we see outrage mixed with humour and writers reflect on the way their political views have  or haven't  changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrounded by influential Australians and piles of paper from our recent past, activist, politician and writer Meredith Burgmann has produced a book where those being watched look right back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839810588830,"sku":"ADS-9781742231402","price":36.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781742231402.jpg?v=1778827134","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781742231402","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}