The Kangaroo Chronicles is a book series by the German author, singer-songwriter and Kabarett artist Marc-Uwe Kling. The first book in the series, Die Känguru-Chroniken (en: The Kangaroo Chronicles), was published in 2009.[1] The second volume, Das Känguru-Manifest (en: The Kangaroo Manifesto), was published in 2011; the third volume followed in 2014 under the name Die Känguru-Offenbarung (en: The Kangaroo Revelations).[2][3] The fourth volume is called Die Känguru-Apokryphen (en: The Kangaroo Apocrypha) and was published in 2018.[4] In 2020, a film of the same name was released by ZDF and X Filme.[5][6]
The stories in the anthology were originally broadcast as a weekly podcast, Neues vom Känguru (en: News from the Kangaroo), on Fritz, a Berlin-based radio station.[7][8] In 2010, the podcast was awarded the German Radio Prize for "Best Comedy".[9]