Minitudes: Diaries 1974-1997

Minitudesis an addictive reading experience. In his gossipy, astute and often comic diaries, written over almost a quarter of a century, Barry Oakley records the social, theatrical and literary life around him. And he movingly describes his intimate and domestic world, including a traumatic period of separation from his wife Carmel.

These marvellously entertaining pages are peopled by everyone from Manning Clark to Peter Carey, from Max Gillies to Dorothy Hewett. They provide an unparalleled glimpse of Australian life during a period of extraordinary energy and change.