Michael Wolff
‘Fire and fury’ is the mentality of despots everywhere. Miller has terrifyingly captured that condition—bullying, threatening, vengeful, and lethal.”
Weekend Sport - Jon Wise
This study of the foul-mouthed ‘gangster’ by a writer who’s lived in the country for yonks is a real eye-opener and a text book example of what can go wrong when limp or corrupt policies let a loon into the corridors of power.”
The Sunday Times - Michael Sheridan
[V]ivid … This is less a biography than an indictment, written in a terrific Manila-noir style that captures the sounds and smells of hot, humid nights with blood in the gutters, syrupy ballads on the radio, and wails of grief over ornate coffins.”
four stars Sunday Territorian
Rodrigo Duterte has been labelled by the US media “the Donald Trump of Asia”…Miller talks to relatives of murdered drug users and, in unsettling detail, tells of children as young as five being caught in the savage crossfire.”
The Saturday Paper
This book lays it all out in shocking color.”
Miguel Syjuco
This book will piss off the powerful, which is why you should read it … With unflinching prose and the rigour of a veteran journalist, Jonathan Miller disrobes Rodrigo Duterte for all to see. Beyond the myths and propaganda of [Duterte’s] supporters, the Filipino politician is here paraded nakedly, with his contradicting good intentions that involve bloody violence, broken promises, and the brazen perpetuation of dynastic patronage politics that continue to dismantle Asia’s oldest free republic … This portrait presents a cautionary tale of the kind of authoritarian rulers that stand to hijack any democracy if we citizens do not participate in protecting it while we still can.”
Ruben Carranza
An invaluable portrait … it deftly weaves Duterte’s rise with the country’s history of living through dictatorship and nearly making it across the line.”
The Economist
Duterte Harry deftly guides readers through this warped political landscape to reveal the vulnerability of a tempestuous leader.”
Hamish Macdonald
This story jumps out of the pages like a thriller. But it’s all true. Duterte Harry makes Trump look tame.”
Walden Bello
Miller's fast-paced, lively narrative helps explain how an electoral insurgency led by a charismatic populist … has put the Philippines on the road to authoritarian rule.”
Andrew O’Keefe AM
Jonathan Miller has lifted the lid on a viper’s nest. Duterte Harry is a terrifying insight into the abuse of democracy, and how we the people allow justice to die.”
Jon Snow
Among the most skilled and lyrical correspondents that I know: Miller describes the grim actions of one of the most infernal leaders of the 21st Century. A shocking book — but one that demands to be read.”
Weekend Australian
‘This book is a history, but also a fable in a time of increasing authoritarian populism. It is a great read, crackling with moral outrage.’
