The "Quay" Level 23 2 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000.I thoroughly enjoyed "Carlino Polia Esq." Australian Gentleman, which is a delightful romp through Australian history. My wife and I along with our four children, are business migrants to Australia. Of all the books and magazines given to us by the Australian government in the program, Carlino Polia Esq. shed more light and resolved more questions about Australia. Two of our children, aged 22 and 19, had difficulty putting your book down. They both read to the early hours of the morning enthralled by your yarn and the actual events. When we visit America after emigrating to Australia, we are often besieged with questions about Australia. It is Amazing how little Americans know about Australia in spite of the experiences of world war II. Carlino Polia Esq. relates experiences of the early auto industry not at all unlike that of my family in Cleveland, Ohio which had 22 automobile companies headquartered there prior to World War I. As an attorney who has acquired property in over 30 states in the United States, these sections on Australian property transfer were very enlightening. Over and over again you very subtly bring home to our children that education combined with experience and ethics will likely be rewarded with a quality of life. Again, my ancestors in America cherished the same values as Carlino Polia. I strongly urge you to find an American book distributor. There is a strong likelihood once Carlino Polia is reviewed, it will be well received and movie/TV rights will be sought from you. I could see Carlino Polia Esq. in a TV series, especially in commemoration of Sydney 2000. Just yesterday The Australian newspaper had an opinion column stating "Shrimp on the barbie" and "Crocodile Dundee" image of Australia has overridden the millions of dollars of government ads trying to re-image Australia as a global competitor in complex industries. Maybe tracing Australia's roots through Carlino Polia Esq. is a better antidote to the Mad Maxes and Bushwacker string of movies and books that seem to define Australia to America and other parts of the world. Carlino's involvement with the young artists, taking his paintings to a soiree, a good golfer, then his appearance in white tie and tails with a top hat, tells of Sydney with a sophisticated cultural society from the early 1900s; not much different to that in New York London or Paris at that time.
Wishing you the best for your book and in finding a distributor in America.
John Wagner. B.A.(Econ), L.L.B. The "Quay" Level 23 2 Phillip Street Sydney NSW 2000.
