{"product_id":"2026600000383-secondhand-theyre-a-weird-mob","title":"They'Re A Weird Mob","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 9th impr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: fep clipped. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48792242258139,"sku":"2026600000383-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/530117d5-2bbe-4d69-941e-b89c926442da.png?v=1779273878","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000383-secondhand-theyre-a-weird-mob","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}