{"product_id":"2026100008801-secondhand-moonbeams-from-the-larger-lunacy","title":"Moonbeams From The Larger Lunacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the master of absurdist wit who gave the world Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy presents a gloriously unhinged collection of comic sketches, parodies, and satirical essays that lampoon the social pretensions, literary fashions, and everyday follies of Edwardian life. Stephen Leacock, with his razor-sharp eye and deceptively light touch, turns the mundane into the magnificent — skewering everything from pompous intellectuals to the rituals of polite society — with a warmth that makes even his sharpest barbs feel like a knowing wink between friends.\n\nThis collection stands as a testament to Leacock's position as one of the English-speaking world's preeminent humorists of the early twentieth century, a writer Mark Twain himself acknowledged as a peer. His prose moves with effortless precision — simultaneously erudite and accessible — chronicling the absurdities of modern civilisation with a philosopher's eye and a clown's heart. For readers who believe that laughter is the keenest form of criticism, this volume asks a quietly devastating question: if the world is this ridiculous, why are we the only ones laughing?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336811946203,"sku":"2026100008801-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bd7e81ad-e423-461e-8932-d8fdefde5f73.png?v=1789958442","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008801-secondhand-moonbeams-from-the-larger-lunacy","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}