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In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)

By: Bill Bryson (Author)

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"Mr. Bryson coasts too much but can still make most gratifying company."

"It's a delight to be included on any one of Bill Bryson's journeys, but IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY is, in my opinion, Bryson's best to date. The best, actually, of a very good lot."

"It's not all yuks--though it is hard not to grin idiotically through all 288 pages--for Bryson is a talented portraitist of place."

"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."

First line

Flying into Australia, I realized with a sigh that I had forgotten again who their prime minister is. I am forever doing this with the Australian prime minister--committing the name to memory, forgetting it (generally more or less instantly), then feeling terribly guilty. My thinking is that there ought to be one person outside Australia who knows.

Publisher's note

Just in time for the 2000 Olympics in Australia, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods takes readers on an outrageous tour of the land Down Under that goes far beyond packaged-tour routes, leaving no Vegemite sandwich unsavored. 20,000 first printing. (Travel)

Annotation

Bryson, author of A WALK IN THE WOODS and I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, takes on Australia. Bryson's wit and capacity for observation remain in top working condition despite the heat, and his encounters with the locals are engaging in this typical Brysonian look beyond the obvious.

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