Memoirs Of An Old Bastard: Being A Portrait Of A City An Epicurean Chronicle Fantasia And Search (SIGNED)

Edition: 1st ed.,

Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription

A darkly comic work of Australian fiction, Memoirs of an Old Bastard chronicles the irreverent recollections of a cantankerous narrator whose life story unfolds with equal parts bitterness, wit, and self-deprecating humor. Jack Hibberd, one of Australia's most celebrated playwrights and writers, brings his signature theatrical flair to the prose, crafting a voice that is both outrageously entertaining and sharply observational. The narrative presents a picaresque journey through decades of Australian life, skewering social conventions, personal failures, and the absurdities of the human condition with gleeful abandon. Hibberd's tone is unapologetically sardonic, yet beneath the bluster lies a surprisingly poignant meditation on aging, regret, and the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of a life lived on the margins.