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High action leavened by wit
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Saga ends but mystery abides
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Success disguises abuse
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Lasseter’s fool’s errand
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Nabokov’s American dream
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Envoy blazed a trail
Stephen FitzGerald’s memoir of his time as Australian ambassador to China should be recommended reading for our parliamentarians.
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