The Penguin Leunig: 40th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0143572482 ISBN 13: 9780143572480

Publisher: Penguin Books Australia, 2014

Synopsis

A special 40th anniversary edition of the very first collection of cartoons by the inimitable Michael Leunig.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Leunig has been drawing and writing for Australian newspapers since 1965. His work has been widely published overseas and has been adapted in Australia for television, theater and radio. He is the author of The Curly Pyjama Letters, Everyday Devils and Angels, The Lot, Ramming the Shears, Short Notes from the Long History of Happiness, Strange Creature, and Why Dogs Sniff Each Other's Tails.

Synopsis:

MICHAEL LEUNIG IS ATRUE ORIGINAL. HISCARTOONS ARE THE WORK OF A WILDLY IMAGINATIVE MIND: HEIS A POET AND METAPHYSICIAN AS WELL AS AN ARTIST. "LEUNIG'S SUBJECTSARE AS AMBITIOUS AS HIS TECHNIQUE IS SIMPLE. WORLD CATACLYSE THE FLOOD, LONELINESS, CRUELTY, LUST AND GREED. THROUGH THESE RUNS THE VEIN OF HIS COMPASSION AND HUMANITY - HIS HUMOUR - ILLUMINATING MANY A DARKLING THEME." --FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO 'THE PENGUINLEUNIG'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0143572482
• ISBN 13: 9780143572480
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Leunig Michael