| "Lunch of Blood" is a powerful collection of profiles by Antonella Gambotto,
one of Australia's most controversial and uncompromising interviewers. She
is penetrating in her observations, ruthless in her descriptions, and not
afraid to have opinions. We may never meet the people laid bare by these
profiles - but there is writing here which will make the reader feel as
unsettled as the subjects were...
Subjects include: Elle MacPherson, Andrew Ettingshausen, Naomi Wolf, John
Pilger, Madam Lash, Siimon Reynolds, Sophie Lee, Edward De Bono, Alex
Dimitriades, Rachel Hunter, Martin Amis, Elle McFeast, Noah Taylor, Gerard
Depardieu, Nick Cave, Morrissey, Richard Neville, James Blundell, Gosia
Dobrowolska, Ben Elton, Sean Kelly, Maria Kozic, Paul Mercurio, Thierry
Mulger, Marc Newson, and Aden Young. "On the page, Gambotto's words can snap and bark like terriers worrying prey
at bay. She seems to mesmerize, to winkle out ever more personal revelations
from her subjects, the tired-and-emotional type of home truths that usually
punctuate a long lunch. This, coupled with a merciless eye for minutiae and
a matador's instinct for the kill, has produced some notable
confrontations." Murray Waldren, The Australian
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