Not All That Funny, Mungo

John Howard's vaccination - the process by which weak doses of a poison give immunity to it - must be almost complete. The latest, and probably superfluous, jabs have been administered by the authors of three bizarre books that appeared shortly before and soon after Howard began his fourth term as Prime Minister. They are Not Happy, John! by Margot Kingston (Penguin), Run, Johnny, Run by Mungo MacCallum (Duffy and Snellgrove) and God under Howard by Marion Maddox (Allen and Unwin).