‘A marvellous ability to take us back in time to where nostalgia meets reality’
Searingly funny account of growing up in a working-class family in 1950s Australia…holds a special place in the heart of thousands of Australians and that has made Hugh Lunn a national treasure.Southern Highland News, Bowral
‘Can one really be so blessed with a Fred and Olive for a Mum and Dad?’Susan Johnson
Brilliantly witty...a wonderfully innocent, beguiling bookRoss Fitzgerald, The Age
A revealing, funny read for anyone interested in how the media worksCanberra Times
Fletcher's romantic liaisons, flirtations with the rich and famous ... make for a rollicking readCraig Cook, Adelaide Advertiser
A beautiful evocation of childhood. Don’t miss reading Over the Top with Jim. It’s one of the funniest most moving autobiographies around.Rosalind Dunn, The Sun
“An embarrassing book to read in public. I defy you to read it without laughing out loud.”Ray Martin, Channel Nine
Think Russell Crowe in tennis whitesNew York Tennis Magazine
A universal story about growing up.Ross Fitzgerald, The Australian
‘Without a doubt the most instructive, emotional, enlightening and ironic book on Rupert Murdoch’etceter@
Hugh Lunn writes of his Brisbane suburban childhood with great feeling and affection. It’s a book that had me roaring with laughter…a warm, witty and amusing remembrance.Des Partridge, The Courier-Mail
‘Powerful, sensitive and often poignant account of young adulthood in the ’60s’Peter Charlton
A glittering gem of a memoir.Robert Macklin, Canberra Times
‘Sometimes scarifyingly brutal’
“Hugh has provided us with a large number of candid insights into his formative years, even some scarifyingly brutal insights. I’m impressed by the number of occasions when the notion of impure thoughts is mentioned… It’s an affectionate, slightly wistful, and embarrassingly accurate account of the way I remember growing up.”John Dickie, Australia’s Chief Censor, 1989
‘Ken Fletcher was the James Bond of the tennis world. Think Russell Crowe in tennis whites’Melbourne Sunday Age
Reading The Great Fletch, I could smell the gum leaves.Michael Watt, UK and Savannah USA
" Very funny and irreverent…a classic."John Tidey, The Age
“A triumph for Australian publishing.”Ian McNamara, ABC Radio Australia All Over
“A wonderful, wonderful read. It takes pride of place in my house. I’m a very proud Australian and the things that that book covered, it was me. And I’m sure a lot of people saw themselves in all the things described. It was all very, very true.”Wayne Roberts, on Brisbane radio
‘Ranks with some of the best expository prose of recent years in this or any other country’
‘Has written truly about the Vietnam War. Even the lies are true’
When I read your books I return to another world.Jonathan Jacks, NSW
One of the best political books produced in recent yearsDavid Evans, The News
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