Screw Loose, (Paperback)

<p><em>Screw Loose</em> 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.</p><p>Blazey traces his life from a post-war Melbourne childhood and his formative years at Scotch College, through his career as a journalist at <em>The Australian</em>, 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 <em>National Times</em>, the <em>Weekend Australian</em>, and the gay magazine <em>OutRage</em>.</p><p>Written with savage humour and unflinching honesty, <em>Screw Loose</em> 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.</p>

• Screw Loose, (Paperback)
• Author: Gazebo Books
• ISBN: 9780987619105
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2018-04-02
• Page Count: 546