Die Laughing. The Biography Of Bill Leak

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Institute Of Public Affairs
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2021
Edition: First Edition

Description: 327 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: How does a young man who learns jazz and classical piano, scours Europes great art galleries for artistic enlightenment and falls in love with women from all over the world go on to become reviled as a bigot The answer has less to do with him than it does with his critics. As cartoonist Bill Leak discovered, all it takes is to express an opinion that diff ers from todays neo-authoritarian narrative. When Leak, late in life, provoked the wrath of politically correct mobs and institutions, he didnt fl inch, adhering to what he knew to be the truth and ridiculing his detractors with his brilliant caricatures and savage intellect. These battles were signifi cant and symbolic, but should not define Leaks life and work. Fred Pawle has spent three years researching and interviewing dozens of Leaks friends and colleagues to create this intimate and honest biography. Now, for the fi rst time, here is the whole beautiful but occasionally troubled story behind an extraordinarily gifted Australian artist, cartoonist, writer and raconteur.

ISBN: 9781922669032