Michael Leunig's 16th book returns to the paperback format with around 80 pages of cartoons and poetry taken from his work published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald in recent years.

Highlights include:
 

Why do we do it? The banished angel Froth Stuff How to pay your way Gunk Nothing left except money The sock The summer palace The good uses of a tired husband Ordinary everyday curses The plodder Recipe for rhubarb fool The housewife’s guide to sexual happiness The smile Well connected goat The festival of Alans Those people – who are they? The festival of quiet resignation The golden thread The feng shui consultant delivers his report

Mateship The moron’s bark Crazy directory How may a man measure his own happiness? Artist, leave the world of art! The groovy architects What the punters say about café twaddle Shopping proverbs The foodcock Quilt rage Humans make you sick My joyous leaps What is this life? Mushrooms Love on the net 100% sane Children who will not leave home Our life in bizarre, secret cult The shadow minister for joy Little tendrils Little, tiny, precious vote

"GOATPERSON and other tales" is published by Penguin Books Australia Ltd. and available through the usual outlets.
ISBN 0 14 029140 7