'Turn the page and hear the voices within ...' - RAMONA KOVAL The Best Australian Essays 2011 offers up bliss and illumination in equal measure - from the pleasures of the flesh to the events that convulsed the world in a year of change. Paul Kelly meditates on Frank Sinatra, and Robert Manne excavates the past and thoughts of Julian Assange. Inga Clendinnen dreams on cricket, and Anna Krien delves into the saga of the St Kilda schoolgirl. There is Peter Robb on Italian food, Anthony Lane on News of the World. Gail Bell on rats and Richard Flanagan on photography. This is a collection with something for everyone that never wavers in its quality. Gillian Mears Youthful Desire * David Malouf Happiness in the Flesh * Nicolas Rothwell Catastrophe in the Kimberley * Robert Manne Julian Assange * Anthony Lane Phone Hacking * M.J.
Hyland Trial by Internet * Craig Sherborne Inside Jobs * Anna Krien Sex and Footy * Peter Conrad Chis Lilley * Inga Clendinnen Cricket Memories * Gail Bell In the Rat Room * Helen Elliott Distraction * Morris Lurie On Not Writing * Maria Tumarkin An Historian Gone Wrong * Andrew Sant Self-knowledge * Shakira Hussein Nine-Eleven-itis * Lian Hearn Japan after the Earthquakes * Amanda Lohrey David Walsh and MONA * Paul Kelly Frank Sinatra * Peter Robb Real Italian Food * Clive James On Broadway * Delia Falconer Sweating in Sydney * Richard Flanagan Two Outsider Artists * Andrew O'Hagan Going West