HASLUCK LIBRARY

This intriguing blend of fact and fiction is reminiscent of the best works of Gore Vidal and John Le Carré. When Roy Temple and his friends are accused of espionage in the Cold War era, a cloud of suspicion will linger over them for years, even threatening to bring down the Whitlam government. Old allegations cast long shadows and Roy’s fight to resolve Australia’s remarkable constitutional crisis is dogged by half-truths, misguided allegiances and insidious innuendo. A compelling political drama, based on the sacking of Gough Whitlam in 1975, Dismissal is an insider's view of the democratic roundabout with all its flaws and dynamic energies.