Sun, sand, surf and not much else. This is the quintessential worldwide view of Australia that Pilger deftly undermines and contradicts. Whilst these things undoubtedly exist, Pilger argues, it is by far the ordinary people that make Australia and its rich history what it is today. Aboriginal resistance. White slavery. Working class struggle for dignity. CIA activity within Australian trade unions. Peter Wright before Spycatcher. The big end of town versus the majority. Hope and vision as a motivational human force. Smartly divided into eight chapters: read The Coup for an informed and detailed account of the Whitlam sacking. Mates for an unvarnished peek into the connections between the ruling elite and politicians. Breaking Free for Pilger’s way forward. Non-fiction. 373 pages.