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The late Peter Ryan will be familiar to many readers of The Age for his long-running column As I Please. But there was a lot more to Ryanâs life and works, as this compact biography demonstrates. He was once described as a âuniversal manâ â and that sounds about right. As a man of action he spent a truly frightening time behind the lines in occupied New Guinea at 18 â an experience that bequeathed him military decorations and a lifetime of malaria. His classic Fear Drive My Feet was based on this. As a man of letters he was an author, newspaper columnist and directo...
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