Larry Pickering , an Autobiography, 1942-2018
Winding-Up
Description:... An autobiography of Larry Pickering 1942-2018, a well-known larrikin and often controversial Australian political cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator of news print, books and calendars. The winner of four Walkley Awards, entrepreneur, racehorse trainer, adventurist and devoted father Larry is best known for his political satire and nude characterisations throughout the prime ministership of Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser prior to his retirement in the early 1980s and later Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott following his return in 2010. Nearing the end of a lifetime full of highs and lows, despair and successes, Larry has compiled an eclectic series of chapters capturing his thoughts and opinions on many topics that have shaped the way he lived, which drove his passion for illustrating the characters who brought the issues or mischief to life and his enthusiasm for his work and hobbies or about which Larry felt the mainstream narrative veiled the mistruths and lies that existed to serve the political ideology and big business of the day. This book offers a wild ride through the eyes of Pickering that frequently has one questioning their own morality and ideology in a thought provoking and sometimes confronting way; but as always with the intent of provoking the audience to think, to critically self-reflect and question mainstream narratives and agendas, not to incite racial, political, religious or ideological hatred, as was often seen to be reported throughout a career that spanned over 50 years.
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