{"product_id":"screw-loose-9780987619105","title":"Screw Loose","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Blazey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Gazebo Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Gazebo Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScrew Loose\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable autobiography of Peter Blazey (1939-1997), one of Australia's most colourful and outspoken public figures. First published by Picador in the year of his death and now reissued in a second edition by Gazebo Books with a new foreword by former High Court Justice Michael Kirby, this is a memoir of extraordinary candour and wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlazey traces his life from a post-war Melbourne childhood and his formative years at Scotch College, through his career as a journalist at \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, his role as press secretary in the Whitlam Government, and his emergence as a prominent figure in Australia's Gay Liberation movement. He stood as the Gay Liberation candidate in a 1978 NSW by-election and wrote extensively for publications including the \u003cem\u003eNational Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eWeekend Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, and the gay magazine \u003cem\u003eOutRage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with savage humour and unflinching honesty, \u003cem\u003eScrew Loose\u003c\/em\u003e captures the social and political transformations of Australia across five decades - from the repression of the 1950s to the AIDS crisis of the 1990s. It is at once a personal confession, a political document, and a love letter to a world in upheaval. An essential work of Australian LGBTQ+ history and literary memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gazebo Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969200341143,"sku":"9780987619105","price":1977.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780987619105.webp?v=1782920862","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/screw-loose-9780987619105","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}