The Year Of The Angry Rabbit
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; minor foxing along the book block; boards remain square and tight;
In a darkly comic vision of Australia gone gloriously wrong, The Year of the Angry Rabbit chronicles a nation's catastrophic misadventure after a scientist develops a myxomatosis-based super-virus intended to wipe out the country's devastating rabbit plague — only to accidentally unleash a breed of gigantic, murderous rabbits that begin systematically destroying everything in their path. Russell Braddon constructs a razor-sharp satirical nightmare, rooting his premise in the genuine post-war anxieties of Australian rural life before escalating into full-blown geopolitical absurdity, as a bumbling Australian government attempts to contain the crisis while leveraging the chaos for international political dominance. Braddon, celebrated for his wit and incisive social commentary, wields satire as a precision instrument here, skewering Cold War-era politics, governmental incompetence, and national hubris with gleeful, unapologetic relish. The novel stands as a singular work of Australian comic fiction — a forerunner to the kind of speculative black comedy that would later inspire films such as Watership Down gone terribly awry and, famously, the cult horror film Night of the Lepus. Wickedly inventive and subversively funny, it leaves the reader to wonder: in a world of existential threats, is the greatest danger the enemy — or the solution?
Author: Russell Braddon
Format: Hardback
Published: 1964, Heinemann: London
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; minor foxing along the book block; boards remain square and tight;
In a darkly comic vision of Australia gone gloriously wrong, The Year of the Angry Rabbit chronicles a nation's catastrophic misadventure after a scientist develops a myxomatosis-based super-virus intended to wipe out the country's devastating rabbit plague — only to accidentally unleash a breed of gigantic, murderous rabbits that begin systematically destroying everything in their path. Russell Braddon constructs a razor-sharp satirical nightmare, rooting his premise in the genuine post-war anxieties of Australian rural life before escalating into full-blown geopolitical absurdity, as a bumbling Australian government attempts to contain the crisis while leveraging the chaos for international political dominance. Braddon, celebrated for his wit and incisive social commentary, wields satire as a precision instrument here, skewering Cold War-era politics, governmental incompetence, and national hubris with gleeful, unapologetic relish. The novel stands as a singular work of Australian comic fiction — a forerunner to the kind of speculative black comedy that would later inspire films such as Watership Down gone terribly awry and, famously, the cult horror film Night of the Lepus. Wickedly inventive and subversively funny, it leaves the reader to wonder: in a world of existential threats, is the greatest danger the enemy — or the solution?