The Best Of Lennie Lower
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Australia's funniest man finally gets his due in The Best of Lennie Lower, a definitive anthology celebrating the anarchic genius of one of the country's most beloved humorists. Lennie Lower (1903–1947) was a Sydney newspaper columnist whose wickedly absurd wit, sharp social observation, and uproarious characters made him a household name during the Depression era and beyond, with his celebrated serialised novel Here's Luck standing as a cornerstone of Australian comic literature. This carefully curated collection, presented by journalist and biographer Cyril Pearl alongside the acclaimed cartoonist WEP, brings together the finest examples of Lower's sparkling prose, complemented by illustrations that perfectly mirror his irreverent, madcap spirit. Lower's writing chronicles the everyday struggles and absurdities of ordinary Australian life with a lightness of touch and a gift for comic timing that remain unmatched in the national literary tradition. His style — equal parts slapstick, wordplay, and deadpan observation — draws comparisons to P.G. Wodehouse and S.J. Perelman, yet is unmistakably and gloriously Australian in its idiom. Pearl's editorial hand provides invaluable context, situating Lower's work within the turbulent social landscape of interwar Australia, while WEP's playful illustrations add a visual wit that amplifies every punchline. For anyone who has yet to discover why Lennie Lower was once considered the funniest writer in the English-speaking world, this anthology is the perfect — and long-overdue — introduction.
Author: Cyril Pearl And Wep
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Humour
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Australia's funniest man finally gets his due in The Best of Lennie Lower, a definitive anthology celebrating the anarchic genius of one of the country's most beloved humorists. Lennie Lower (1903–1947) was a Sydney newspaper columnist whose wickedly absurd wit, sharp social observation, and uproarious characters made him a household name during the Depression era and beyond, with his celebrated serialised novel Here's Luck standing as a cornerstone of Australian comic literature. This carefully curated collection, presented by journalist and biographer Cyril Pearl alongside the acclaimed cartoonist WEP, brings together the finest examples of Lower's sparkling prose, complemented by illustrations that perfectly mirror his irreverent, madcap spirit. Lower's writing chronicles the everyday struggles and absurdities of ordinary Australian life with a lightness of touch and a gift for comic timing that remain unmatched in the national literary tradition. His style — equal parts slapstick, wordplay, and deadpan observation — draws comparisons to P.G. Wodehouse and S.J. Perelman, yet is unmistakably and gloriously Australian in its idiom. Pearl's editorial hand provides invaluable context, situating Lower's work within the turbulent social landscape of interwar Australia, while WEP's playful illustrations add a visual wit that amplifies every punchline. For anyone who has yet to discover why Lennie Lower was once considered the funniest writer in the English-speaking world, this anthology is the perfect — and long-overdue — introduction.