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Author Gott, Robert, author

Title Naked ambition / Robert Gott
Published Carlton North, VIC : Scribe Publications, 2023. (01/04/23)
Brunswick, Vic. : Scribe Publications, 2023

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Description 241 pages ; 21 cm
Summary 'You're a politician, a public figure. What on earth were you thinking?' Up-and-coming junior minister Gregory Buchanan has had a portrait painted of himself by the acclaimed artist Sophie White - a painting she intends to enter in this year's Archibald Prize. Until then, Gregory has hung it in pride of place on his dining-room wall. It's a life-sized standing portrait, practically photographic in nature. And it's a nude. His wife will be home soon and he thinks the painting will be a pleasant surprise. Even more surprising will be an unexpected accumulation of guests- his sardonic mother, his fundamentalist mother-in-law, his lycra-clad cycling-enthusiast sister, and the state premier, Louisa Wetherly - a senior minister has just resigned in scandalous circumstances, and she needs Gregory to step into the spotlight ahead of the coming election. It's going to be a wild afternoon, and an even wilder campaign - to do something about Gregory's naked ambition
Subject Nude in art -- Fiction
Married people -- Fiction
Scandals -- Fiction
Australian fiction
Self-portraits -- Fiction
Politicians -- Fiction
Political campaigns -- Fiction
Genre/Form Humorous fiction.
Reading nook.
LC no. jb2023018809
ISBN 9781922585967