For Donald Horne, mid-60s Australia was The Lucky Country; for Frank Moorhouse, it was The Gutless Society.
This was not the outburst of an Antipodean angry young man but the biting criticism of an outsider who wanted Australians to engage and change the tone of their country into a more open, sexually exploratory society.
Andrew ClarkSenior writerAndrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au
