Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide. Wherever he goes he finds Australians who are cheerful, extroverted, and unfailingly obliging, and these beaming products of land with clean, safe cities, cold beer, and constant sunshine fill the pages of this wonderful book. Despite the fact that Australia harbors more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, including sharks, crocodiles, snakes, even riptides and deserts, Bill Bryson adores the place, and he takes his readers on a rollicking ride far beyond that beaten tourist path. The result is a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiousity. In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the country that doubles as a continent, and a place with the friendliest inhabitants, the hottest, driest weather, and the most peculiar and lethal wildlife to be found on the planet.
His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Book Synopsis Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. Thats just the beginning, as Bryson treks through sunbaked deserts and up endless coastlines, crisscrossing the under-discovered Down Under in search of all things interesting. About the Book Bill Bryson lives to tell the story of his exploits in Australia, where A-bombs go off unnoticed, prime ministers disappear into the surf, and cheery citizens coexist with the worlds deadliest creatures.
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