In a Sunburned Country In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country

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Publisher Description

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia.

His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. 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. The result is a deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous performance by a writer who combines humor, wonder, and unflagging curiousity.

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. 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.

Australia is an immense and fortunate land, and it has found in Bill Bryson its perfect guide.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2000
June 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Crown
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
2.6
MB

Customer Reviews

Gmhend91 ,

Makes me want to just get out and go.

Bill Bryson writes with so much vigor and enthusiasm. It's as if you were there with him on all his adventures. I love the correlation of his trip little known facts that he throws in there. Makes you want to do your o we n research. If you love adventure and have a love foe the jabs down under I definitely recommend this read.

Ruthiecanso ,

This book is required reading if you:

A. Are going to Australia
B. Are thinking about going to Australia
C. Like traveling
D. Like learning about other places and people
E. Like humour
F. Have been to Australia

This is no dry travelogue- Bryson is tuned in to the foibles of humanity, and conveys his delightful stories with wonder and joy.

Adam in San Fran and Toronto ,

In a Sunburnt Country

Great book! Funny, informative and thoroughly entertaining.

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