Author(s): Glenn Fowler

General

To newspaper correspondents, he is 'living in the past'; an 'arrogant toff' who needs 'a drink...poured over his head'. To some editors, who don't have time for his 'exploits', he is too 'opinionated' or 'divisive', while others 'don't know what to make of it'. He is a man of letters, of pedigree, of unimpeachable integrity, of ideas. No issue is beyond his octopus-like intellectual grasp, be it global warming, teenage sex, nut allergies, pole dancing, corporal punishment, the perils of pesto..."Oscar Brittle" is the creation of Glenn Fowler, Christopher Smyth and Gareth Malone. In an eighteen month campaign to wrest control of the debates in the nation's newspapers and magazines from the wishy-washies and the weaklings, Oscar Brittle became (arguably) the most significant and powerful contributor to public debate in contemporary Australia. This book is a collection of published letters and their originals, published replies from various correspondents, email exchanges between Oscar and editors, as well as the rejected letters, all interspersed with gorgeous illustrations throughout. This is a book that is not easily forgotten.