The Best Of Lennie Lower
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, chipped and worn with some minor damage; sticker on spine. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Few figures in Australian letters could make an entire nation laugh as effortlessly as Lennie Lower, the irreverent Sydney columnist whose comic genius burned brightest during the Depression era. The Best of Lennie Lower, presented by journalist Cyril Pearl and illustrator WEP, gathers the finest of Lower's razor-sharp newspaper columns, sketches, and comic prose into a single, essential collection — a rollicking testament to a man who wielded absurdity and wit like a surgeon's scalpel against the pretensions of everyday Australian life. Lower's style is uniquely his own: anarchic, warm, and savagely funny, with a larrikin sensibility that feels as fresh today as it did in the 1930s. Pearl's editorial hand ensures the selection is both representative and generous, while WEP's illustrations amplify the madcap energy of the prose with characteristic flair. For anyone who has ever wondered where the DNA of Australian humour originates, this anthology offers a compelling — and hilarious — answer.
Author: Cyril Pearl & Wep
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press
Genre: Humour
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, chipped and worn with some minor damage; sticker on spine. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: unmrkd. Binding condition: Intact.
Few figures in Australian letters could make an entire nation laugh as effortlessly as Lennie Lower, the irreverent Sydney columnist whose comic genius burned brightest during the Depression era. The Best of Lennie Lower, presented by journalist Cyril Pearl and illustrator WEP, gathers the finest of Lower's razor-sharp newspaper columns, sketches, and comic prose into a single, essential collection — a rollicking testament to a man who wielded absurdity and wit like a surgeon's scalpel against the pretensions of everyday Australian life. Lower's style is uniquely his own: anarchic, warm, and savagely funny, with a larrikin sensibility that feels as fresh today as it did in the 1930s. Pearl's editorial hand ensures the selection is both representative and generous, while WEP's illustrations amplify the madcap energy of the prose with characteristic flair. For anyone who has ever wondered where the DNA of Australian humour originates, this anthology offers a compelling — and hilarious — answer.