Cover page; title page; copyright page; dedication; contents; author's note; prelude; part one: the great pretender; the 'sackiversary': 15-24 june 2011; the green machine rolls in: july 2011; the heart-starter: august 2011; acacia drive: september 2011; the stage manager: october 2011; the killing season opens: november 2011; the life we'd like to live: december 2011; all bets are off: january 2012; the caravan rolls into town: 1-18 february 2012; ringside at the circus: 19-23 february 2012; who's the ringmaster now?: 23-26 february 2012; it's show time!: 27-28 february 2012
Part two: the failed avengerthe second sackiversary: 1-25 june 2012; no rest for the wicked: july-december 2012; the countdown begins: early 2013; epilogue: the carnival is over; appendix: time's up julia; acknowledgements
Summary
This is the story of one of the most extraordinary episodes in recent Australian political history, of how a powerful media pack, a vicious commentariat and some of those within her own party contrived to bring down Australia's first woman prime minister