Bob Carr's third book has been described by the man himself as “a lot of useless information.”?
In ?My Reading Life? the intellectual former NSW Premier shares his well-publicised love of the written word and recommends a lifetime commitment to reading, including formidable classics by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert and James Joyce.
Carr’s 422-page book serves up reviews and comparisons from spy fiction, crime fiction, quirky books on America and – of course - novels on Ancient Rome.
“That is the spirit of this book, there’s a lot of useless information in it. And that is something I think you'll want to share,”? says Carr.
Meanwhile, Mr Carr has told 2GB’s Alan Jones fears over the privatisation of the state's electricity assets are misguided and unions' obsession over public-ownership misplaced.
Mr Carr says unions need to ditch their obsession with the public ownership of assets because a national electricity system has made the issue irrelevant.