Ladies' Legs & Lemonade
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: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the sun-drenched racing circuits of post-war Australia to the glittering galleries of the international art world, Ladies' Legs & Lemonade chronicles the extraordinary life of one of Australia's most colourful and multifaceted personalities. Kym Bonython — racing car driver, jazz impresario, art dealer, and irrepressible bon vivant — presents his own story with the same irreverent wit and infectious energy that defined his remarkable public life, painting a vivid portrait of mid-twentieth-century Australian culture at its most exuberant. This memoir stands as a significant document of a pivotal era in Australian social and artistic history, capturing the transformation of a nation finding its cultural voice. Bonython's narrative style is disarmingly candid, moving seamlessly between the adrenaline of motorsport, the smoky intimacy of jazz clubs, and the calculated elegance of the fine art world — a range of passions that made him a singular figure in his time. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, speed, and style, this account raises an irresistible question: how did one man manage to live quite so many lives at once?
Author: Kym Bonython
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the sun-drenched racing circuits of post-war Australia to the glittering galleries of the international art world, Ladies' Legs & Lemonade chronicles the extraordinary life of one of Australia's most colourful and multifaceted personalities. Kym Bonython — racing car driver, jazz impresario, art dealer, and irrepressible bon vivant — presents his own story with the same irreverent wit and infectious energy that defined his remarkable public life, painting a vivid portrait of mid-twentieth-century Australian culture at its most exuberant. This memoir stands as a significant document of a pivotal era in Australian social and artistic history, capturing the transformation of a nation finding its cultural voice. Bonython's narrative style is disarmingly candid, moving seamlessly between the adrenaline of motorsport, the smoky intimacy of jazz clubs, and the calculated elegance of the fine art world — a range of passions that made him a singular figure in his time. For anyone captivated by the intersection of art, speed, and style, this account raises an irresistible question: how did one man manage to live quite so many lives at once?