The Wonderful World Of Barry Mckenzie
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: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few comic creations have captured the larrikin spirit of Australia abroad with such anarchic glee as Barry McKenzie — the loud, beer-swilling, proudly uncultured Aussie abroad who became a satirical institution. Originally serialised in the pages of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, this strip chronicles the chaotic misadventures of Bazza as he blunders his way through the refined sensibilities of England, delivering a gleefully crude and brilliantly observed commentary on the cultural clash between the old world and the new. Barry Humphries' sharp, subversive writing gives McKenzie an almost Homeric quality, transforming a boorish innocent abroad into a devastating vehicle for social satire, while Nicholas Garland's bold, expressive linework renders each scene with comic-strip vitality and wit. Together, Humphries and Garland created a work that is simultaneously a product of its irreverent era and a timeless lampoon of national stereotypes — leaving the reader to wonder just how much, or how little, has truly changed on either side of the world.
Author: Barry Humphries
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few comic creations have captured the larrikin spirit of Australia abroad with such anarchic glee as Barry McKenzie — the loud, beer-swilling, proudly uncultured Aussie abroad who became a satirical institution. Originally serialised in the pages of the British satirical magazine Private Eye, this strip chronicles the chaotic misadventures of Bazza as he blunders his way through the refined sensibilities of England, delivering a gleefully crude and brilliantly observed commentary on the cultural clash between the old world and the new. Barry Humphries' sharp, subversive writing gives McKenzie an almost Homeric quality, transforming a boorish innocent abroad into a devastating vehicle for social satire, while Nicholas Garland's bold, expressive linework renders each scene with comic-strip vitality and wit. Together, Humphries and Garland created a work that is simultaneously a product of its irreverent era and a timeless lampoon of national stereotypes — leaving the reader to wonder just how much, or how little, has truly changed on either side of the world.