- A
- thrilling
- tale
- of
- legal
- and
- political
- intrigue,
- betrayal,
- spies
- and
- treason,
- spanning
- the
- tumultuous
- decades
- in
- Australia
- leading
- up
- to
- 'The
- Dismissal'
- in
- 1975,
- and
- a
- compelling
- tour
- -
- by
- an
- insider
- -
- through
- the
- corridors
- of
- parliamentary
- power
the
- young
- idealist
- never
- knows
- where
- his
- good
- intentions
- may
- finish
- up.
- When
- Roy
- temple
- and
- his
- friends
- are
- accused
- of
- espionage
- in
- the
- Cold
- War
- era,
- a
- cloud
- of
- suspicion
- will
- linger
- over
- them
- for
- years,
- although
- they
- are
- never
- charged
- with
- any
- crime.
- twenty
- years
- later,
- Roy
- is
- a
- leading
- barrister
- and
- key
- adviser
- to
- the
- federal
- government,
- with
- a
- bold
- plan
- to
- resolve
- Australia's
- political
- crisis.
- But
- the
- old
- allegations
- cast
- long
- shadows,
- and
- even
- those
- he
- wishes
- to
- help
- doubt
- his
- motivation
- -
- does
- he
- want
- to
- save
- the
- government,
- or
- save
- himself?
- Amid
- half-truths,
- leaks,
- intrigues
- and
- false
- denials,
- Roy
- is
- forced
- to
- confront
- his
- past
- to
- discover
- who
- he
- can
- trust-and
- who
- has
- betrayed
- him
- all
- along.
- Dismissal
- is
- a
- compelling
- political
- drama
- of
- the
- highest
- order,
- and
- an
- insider's
- view
- of
- the
- democratic
- roundabout,
- with
- all
- its
- flaws,
- corruptions
- and
- dynamic energies.
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