Table of Contents

7 Introduction
23Wexford
49 Taranaki
77 The Altar
89 Church
115 Wellington
141 Ninth Floor
193 Armageddon
211 Washington
237 Waikanae
277 Afterword
282 Acknowledgements
283 About the Author

About the Author

Wellington journalist David Cohen is the author of five books, and has written for overseas mastheads the Spectator, the Financial Times, the Guardian and the New York Times and, in New Zealand, Metro and NBR.

Reviews

‘In exploring the life and times of Bolger through his conversations over the best part of a year, Cohen ranges widely. Besides its political content, and its reflections on leadership, his fine book journeys into Bolger’s past, his family origins in Ireland, the strength he drew from his upbringing in Taranaki, and his fervent Catholicism. This, together with the extended speeches he delivered in places as far apart as Mumbai and Georgetown University in Washington, gives the book real depth.’ — Ian Templeton, Newsroom.