Mungo On The Zoo Plane
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When Australian political journalism collides with irreverent wit and sharp caricature, the result is Mungo on the Zoo Plane — a riotous chronicle of life on the press gallery circuit, as seen through the razor-sharp eyes of one of Australia's most celebrated and provocative political commentators. Mungo MacCallum, renowned for his acerbic commentary and larrikin sensibility, presents a satirical dispatch from the front lines of Australian politics, where politicians, journalists, and hangers-on jostle for space on the absurd carousel of power. Brought to vivid, anarchic life by the pen of illustrator Cook, the book's caricatures amplify MacCallum's biting prose, turning the corridors of Canberra into a veritable zoo of human folly and political theatre. A cult artefact of Australian political satire, Mungo on the Zoo Plane sits proudly in the tradition of gonzo journalism and sharp social observation, skewering the pretensions of the powerful with gleeful abandon. MacCallum's style is characteristically irreverent — warm yet merciless, conversational yet incisive — making the absurdities of political life feel both intimately familiar and spectacularly ridiculous. For anyone who has ever suspected that Australian politics is less a serious exercise in governance and more a travelling circus at altitude, this book will confirm every delicious suspicion.
Author: Mungo Maccallum
Format: Paperback
Published: 1979
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
When Australian political journalism collides with irreverent wit and sharp caricature, the result is Mungo on the Zoo Plane — a riotous chronicle of life on the press gallery circuit, as seen through the razor-sharp eyes of one of Australia's most celebrated and provocative political commentators. Mungo MacCallum, renowned for his acerbic commentary and larrikin sensibility, presents a satirical dispatch from the front lines of Australian politics, where politicians, journalists, and hangers-on jostle for space on the absurd carousel of power. Brought to vivid, anarchic life by the pen of illustrator Cook, the book's caricatures amplify MacCallum's biting prose, turning the corridors of Canberra into a veritable zoo of human folly and political theatre. A cult artefact of Australian political satire, Mungo on the Zoo Plane sits proudly in the tradition of gonzo journalism and sharp social observation, skewering the pretensions of the powerful with gleeful abandon. MacCallum's style is characteristically irreverent — warm yet merciless, conversational yet incisive — making the absurdities of political life feel both intimately familiar and spectacularly ridiculous. For anyone who has ever suspected that Australian politics is less a serious exercise in governance and more a travelling circus at altitude, this book will confirm every delicious suspicion.