This is the story of an unusual politician; an intellectual who has been described as garrulous, impatient, generous, energetic and at times abrasive; a young man from a working class suburb who achieved status as one of Australia's great Labor figures and most accomplished foreign minister.
More a loner than tribal, more analytical than intuitive, and sceptical of emotional rhetoric that dominates public affairs, Evans is a unique phenomenon. He has pursued a reforming political agenda by sheer force of intellect in a party system not noted for its respect for intellectuals.
'Gareth Evans' is both an account of a life and a balanced assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of one man who always believed that "you can make a difference."
