Down Under

Travels in a Sunburned Country

Bill Bryson

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Black Swan
04 January 2016

Travel & holiday; Travel writing

Series: Bryson

Bill Bryson's travels in a sunburned country- Australia will never look the same again.

It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.

Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging- their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this...

By: Bill Bryson
Imprint: Black Swan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781784161835
ISBN 10: 1784161837
Series: Bryson
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 04 January 2016
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country

Bryson makes you laugh out loud...Down Under is filled with quirky stories', * Sunday Express * Bryson makes you laugh out loud...Down Under is filled with quirky stories', * Sunday Express * The thing that Bryson most loves about Australia - its effortlessly dry, direct way of viewing the world - is, in fact, his own. They're a perfect fit * The New York Times Book Review * Bryson is the perfect travelling companion... when it comes to travel's peculiars the man still has no peers * The Times * Bill Bryson is a very talented writer and an enormously funny and perceptive one. He is an artist who needs a big canvas. Australia has provided this. He's painted a masterpiece in travel literature * Globe & Mail Toronto *