As I Was Saying

by Robert Dessaix
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As I Was Saying, Robert Dessaix

'This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that achieves luxurious coherence.' -- Weekend Australian

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  • Paperback
    $27.95 RRP
    ISBN: 9781742753072
    Published: 01/03/2012
    Imprint: Vintage Australia
    Extent: 224 pages
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    ISBN: 9781742753089
    Published: 01/03/2012
    Imprint: RHA eBooks Adult
    Extent: 224 pages
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'This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that achieves luxurious coherence.' -- Weekend Australian

As I Was Saying is a swirling conversation with the reader on everything from travel to dogs and cats, from sport and swearing to the pleasures of idleness. Punctuated at regular intervals by talks Dessaix has given on a wide range of subjects, as well as by some of his most incisive journalism, the conversation invites the reader to join a leisurely guided tour of his chamber of curiosities, featuring pieces collected all over the globe from across the centuries.

Whether writing home from Vladivostock or Damascus, discussing what makes for good conversation or thinking aloud about the paintings, poems and books he loves, Dessaix always writes with an intimacy and attentiveness that beguile, entertain and make his readers eager for new discoveries.

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Jan 7

Q&A with Robert Dessaix

by Random House Australia on 7 January 2013

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Robert Dessaix, author of AS I WAS SAYING, has been a writer, translator, broadcaster and occasional essayist. Now as a full time writer, he chats to us about his latest book and what he's working on next.

Aug 14

Robert Dessaix's Top Reads For 2012

by Robert Dessaix on 14 August 2012

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Robert Dessaix shares with us his favourite reads for this year: Drusilla Modjeska, THE MOUNTAIN As in all novels that move me deeply, the stories of love and betrayal are woven into a much more complex tapestry: a vivid picture of Papua New Guinea at pivotal moments in its history - a history so little known to us, yet so closely bound up with our own.  Utterly engrossing.   Madeleine...

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"It is a wonderfully rich and challenging piece. This book is energised with colour and the virtuosity of language. It is a book to muse over by taking a walk." - Christopher Bantick, Sunday Magazine, Hobart

"This is a teasing grab-bag of thoughts, memories, anecdotes and effronteries that achieves luxurious coherence." - Gillian Wills, Weekend Australian

"In an era where the art of good conversation is replaced by tweets and status updates, Dessaix represents a refreshing blast from the good old days when thoughts longer than 140 characters actually mattered." - William Verity, Illawarra Mercury

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