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Mesmerised by Goya.(Book Review)
ALAN MOOREHEAD, in many ways a mentor--and father figure--to the young Robert Hughes, gave him this advice in 1962: "Australia is an interesting place, but if you remain ... indefinitely, it will remain interesting and you will become a bore." It was Moorehead's The Fatal Impact which planted the seed of Hughes' book The Fatal Shore. Years later Hughes said: "I know that in twenty-five years, I have finished little without wondering whether Alan would have found it worth reading."
One thing is certain, there was never any risk, then or now, of Hughes boring his readers. His viewers, on the other hand, had genuine cause to feel restless--and exasperated--with his ...
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