Tasmanian Gothic gets a light-hearted twist in this quirky book of satirical stories in rambunctious rhyme, lavishly illustrated by Tasmanian artist Elizabeth Barsham.
The self-importance of those who would advise others for cash – from the arrogant Battery Point lawyer, to the psychiatrist who sleeps through his sessions, to the financial adviser living the high life on other people’s money – is gently skewered in eight tales in which pandemonium is never far away, and luck is firmly on the side of the underdog.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Barsham
Wanda Buza
About the author
Wanda Buza is a Tasmanian author, retired public servant and academic.
Elizabeth Barsham
About the illustrator
Elizabeth Barsham is an acclaimed Tasmanian artist. She has frequently been called a Surrealist, a description with which she is uncomfortable. Her paintings are playful and charming, but beneath the fantasy and Gothic imagination is a sharp and ironic sense of reality. Learn more about Elizabeth here.