Ramming The Shears
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
From the beloved and brilliantly subversive pen of Michael Leunig comes Ramming the Shears, a characteristically anarchic collection of cartoons that turns the great Australian tradition of sheep shearing into a canvas for absurdist comedy and sharp social observation. Set against the chaotic, woolly backdrop of the shearing shed, this volume presents a cast of wonderfully bewildered characters — human and animal alike — navigating the indignities and slapstick disasters of rural life with Leunig's signature blend of warmth, whimsy, and wicked wit. Leunig has long held a unique position in Australian cultural life as both a cartoonist and a philosophical provocateur, and this work is no exception — it chronicles the peculiarities of the Australian character through a lens that is simultaneously gentle and razor-sharp. His loose, expressive line work and richly comic scenarios speak to a deep affection for the larrikin spirit, even as they gently puncture it. Whether you are a lifelong devotee of his work or a newcomer to his eccentric universe, Ramming the Shears will leave you wondering just who, in the end, is shearing whom.
Author: Leunig
Format: Paperback
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the beloved and brilliantly subversive pen of Michael Leunig comes Ramming the Shears, a characteristically anarchic collection of cartoons that turns the great Australian tradition of sheep shearing into a canvas for absurdist comedy and sharp social observation. Set against the chaotic, woolly backdrop of the shearing shed, this volume presents a cast of wonderfully bewildered characters — human and animal alike — navigating the indignities and slapstick disasters of rural life with Leunig's signature blend of warmth, whimsy, and wicked wit. Leunig has long held a unique position in Australian cultural life as both a cartoonist and a philosophical provocateur, and this work is no exception — it chronicles the peculiarities of the Australian character through a lens that is simultaneously gentle and razor-sharp. His loose, expressive line work and richly comic scenarios speak to a deep affection for the larrikin spirit, even as they gently puncture it. Whether you are a lifelong devotee of his work or a newcomer to his eccentric universe, Ramming the Shears will leave you wondering just who, in the end, is shearing whom.