They'Re A Weird Mob
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.
Edition: 9th impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: fep clipped.
A beloved classic of Australian comic fiction, They're a Weird Mob chronicles the misadventures of Nino Culotta, an Italian journalist who arrives in Sydney in the 1950s and struggles to decode the baffling customs, slang, and social rituals of ordinary Australian life. Written with sharp wit and warm affection, the novel presents the immigrant experience through a lens of gentle satire, as Nino navigates building sites, pubs, and suburban backyards in his determined effort to become a true Australian. The humor arises from cultural collision — the gap between Nino's formal European sensibilities and the larrikin directness of the Australians he encounters — yet the tone remains celebratory rather than cynical. A landmark work in Australian popular literature, it captures a mid-century national character with such authenticity and charm that it became a cultural phenomenon, later adapted into a successful film by Michael Powell.
Author: Nino Culotta
Format: Hardback
Published: 1958, Ure Smith - Sydney
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 9th impr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: fep clipped.
A beloved classic of Australian comic fiction, They're a Weird Mob chronicles the misadventures of Nino Culotta, an Italian journalist who arrives in Sydney in the 1950s and struggles to decode the baffling customs, slang, and social rituals of ordinary Australian life. Written with sharp wit and warm affection, the novel presents the immigrant experience through a lens of gentle satire, as Nino navigates building sites, pubs, and suburban backyards in his determined effort to become a true Australian. The humor arises from cultural collision — the gap between Nino's formal European sensibilities and the larrikin directness of the Australians he encounters — yet the tone remains celebratory rather than cynical. A landmark work in Australian popular literature, it captures a mid-century national character with such authenticity and charm that it became a cultural phenomenon, later adapted into a successful film by Michael Powell.