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'A few years ago, I had occasion to re-read The Lucky Country. It stood up well, and although dated (naturally) the book holds its place alongside Trollope and Hancock as a contemporary response that has become a classic account of Australia. But as Ryan Cropp makes plain, this bestselling book – which apparently has never gone out of print – is only one of a couple of dozen. For a man who, when asked how he would like to be described on his tombstone, said ‘writer and talker … and luncher’, Horne was astonishingly productive. When well into his sixties, he wrote seven books in five years. And at the very end – co-written with his wife Myfanwy – he even managed one on dying.' (Introduction)
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