IAN JACKSON

En torno a 100 insectos y otras pequeñas criaturas se ocultan en cada doble página de este libro, desde enormes arañas peludas hasta larguiruchos insectos palo. Cada escena pasatiempo, bellamente ilustrada, representa un lugar diferente del mundo lleno de criaturas: una selva lluviosa del tropico, un desierto seco y polvoriento, una tranquila charca, un claro en el frescor de un bosque... Todos estos lugares hemos incluido y muchos mas. Insectos y otros bichitos es mucho mas que un entretenido libro de pasatiempos lleno de horas y horas de diversion. Contiene ademas multitud de datos fascinantes acerca de los insectos y demas criaturas que iras conociendo, presentados en forma de breves comentarios de facil lectura al pie de las imagenes.

The micro Amusings of Australian author Ian Jackson suggests a definitive without fanfare approach to humour and satire. His stories and ditties sweep across different genres and subjects with a thought-provoking approach to debate and discussion. A former London resident, his narratives are ensconced deep within the heart of Hampstead, the traditional London borough that is home to some of the richest inhabitants of our planet, yet also harbours the lower orders of the population, such as the jobless man at the end of his wits who finds himself thrustinto the limelight when he suddenly inherits divine spiritual aptitude. Then there is the uber ambitious estate agent hatching a plot to use counter intelligence to inject dynamism into the housing market and the erstwhile leader of a secret mystical organisation burdened by the calling to make the most important announcement of his life to his followers. Jackson also tackles domesticity with the long suffering wife wondering how to spice up her staid marriage and politics comes under the radar when a Parliamentary Senate Committee is recalled to discuss the most far reaching scientific discovery of our age. Jacksons writing takes in spies, extra terrestrials, religion and intergalactic Superheroes in equal measure. Whether the reader is a political observer or a radical dreamer, has interest in religion or race,society or nature, conservation or the vagaries of one super power or tother, Amusings tickles the edgesof humour with its eclectic and succinct micro narratives. Subtle, laconic, surrealist and at times acerbicwitticisms offer a translucent glance at generic satire, whimsically casting aglance at our post modern world.