A man of Sydney: An appreciation of Kenneth Slessor

Kenneth Slessor was one of the finest of Australian poets, and this book is the most searching and comprehensive account of his life and work yet to be published. Douglas Stewart writes as only a best friend can, with knowledge and warmth and humour about such pleasant matters as dining at the poet's table, or spending a weekend with him on a launch on the Hawkesbury River; about Slessor as the companion and amused observer of the bohemians of Smith's Weekly and the genial president of the Journalist's Club in Sydney; and about Slessor as the Australian Official War Correspondent in World War II.