Ednapeadia
Dame Edna
Our all-time favorite, witty and ruthlessly honest Dame has kindly take some time out of her very busy schedule to dictate a history of Australian in 101 objects. Taking us from the Alexander technique to Zinc cream via Possums, Neighbours and Germain Greer, Dame Edna spares no one and nothing, especially the truth, in her quest to explain why Australia is the best darn place in the whole world. With her trademark honestly and subtle delicate prose Dame Enda, world famous housewife, chanteuse and satirist shows us why she is Australia’s most famous export.
It’s very rare that we see the emergence of a completely original idea in the world of books. Dame Edna Everage’s masterly history of Australian civilization isn’t one, but, possums, you will never think of historical writing in the same way again. ‘From our dainty gum nuts and towering Uluru to our world-class sharks and Opera House, marauding possums and poets, taking in game-changing inventions such as the dual-flush toilet and zinc crea”, you will be amazed at what her sunburnt country has contributed to modern civilization.’ Barbies. Bex powders. Bogans. Feral Koalas. Plastic banknotes. Thongs, Uggs and utes. Not to speak of the Great Barrier Reef, goon and Nellie Melba. Considered by herself as one of the world’s most distinguished thinkers and cultural personalities, Dame Edna Everage has inspired generations of Australian artists and icons, from Kylie Minogue to Shane Warne and back again…
As tasteful as it is cheap, out now £16.99
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