Hawke PM by David Day review – a portrait of a vicious drunk and womaniser who mostly mended his wicked ways

Hawke PM by David Day review – a portrait of a vicious drunk and womaniser who mostly mended his wicked ways

The Making of a Legend details the rise of the peacemaker and king of consensus who made remarkable gains for ordinary AustraliansThe second instalment of David Day’s biography of Bob Hawke, which chronicles the public and private lives of Labor’s longest-serving prime minister, is as masterful, gritty and in many ways as disturbing as the first.The first, Young Hawke: The Making of a Larrikin, traced his life from birth through his unconvention…