Mark Lawson Mark Lawson i(6369919 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Zen of Being Grumpy Mark Lawson , Ballan : Connor Court Publishing , 2013 6369970 2013 selected work prose humour

'Are you proud to be politically incorrect, loathing alternate therapies and green activists, then this irreverent send-up of our modern culture’s fashionable obsessions is for you.

'Mark Lawson, whose heroes are Darth Vader and Ebenezer Scrooge, satirises those things especially dear to the mass media and chattering classes, like climate change alarmism and the worship of youth. Young people, he says, are not special, being the same as older people, but with less experience. “They are just as clueless as their parents.”

'The Zen of Being Grumpy will resonate with those of “advanced middle age” and beyond, “who have ceased to care”, yearn to be “liberated from the perpetual pleas of do-gooders and activists” and keep themselves busy “ignoring all conscious-raising activities”.

'The crazes for text messaging, twittering and the social media in general, loud mobile phone users, and even overseas tourism, are among Lawson’s many inviting targets.

'This book is timely, empowering and above all hysterically funny.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 The True Stories behind the Diggers' Mythical Wartime Exploits Mark Lawson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Financial Review , 23-26 April 2010; (p. 44-45)

— Review of Zombie Myths of Australian Military History 2010 selected work biography prose
1 The Here and Now Could Fill a Book Mark Lawson , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 September 2009; (p. 9)
Lawson notes the absence of novels set in the current era among the shortlisted works for the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
1 The Other Murdoch Mark Lawson , 1991 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 30 March 1991; (p. 4)
1 Anna and the Empire Mark Lawson , 1991 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 March 1991; (p. 19)
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