The Monthly, December 2005 - January 2006, No. 8

In This Issue
The Nation Reviewed
Comment FREE •  Margaret Simons
Fumigation in London & Amsterdam •  M.J. Hyland
Why Drug Dealers Vote Liberal •  Richard Cooke
Wide Open Road •  Julienne van Loon
Man with the Pearl-White Cord •  Helen Garner
The Monthly Essays
Andrew West
Archbishop Peter Jensen, surprise scouge of John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull, has a vision of a country and a Liberal Party more
Tony Wilson
Mr. Huge  FREE 
Alan Woods and his amazing computer. A nags-to-riches-story
John King
Nothing prepares a parent for the day their partner does a runner and takes the children.
Shane Maloney
Tony Clifton
Australia's last frontier society is long gone. So what's next for the city of Darwin?
Robert Dessaix
Everywhere is anywhere when you travel these days, whether it's invasions or gardening shows.
Arts & Letters
Together Apart •  Maria Tumarkin
Betrayals of Faith •  Drusilla Modjeska
The Dog Days of Ray FREE •  Matthew Ricketson
Show Me the Horror •  Clive James
Nihilistic Ear-worms •  Robert Forster
'The Ballad of Desmond Kale' by Roger McDonald •  Zora Simic
'Vulture'; 'Sunday Arts'; 'The Movie Show' on ABC-TV •  Kerryn Goldsworthy
Encounters
Nellie Melba & Enrico Caruso •  Shane Maloney