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9780552997034

Down Under

by Bill Bryson


ISBN-10

055299703X

ISBN-13

9780552997034

Publisher

Black Swan

Published on  

Jan 1, 2001

Edition

0th Edition

Binding

Trade Paper

Dimensions

5.00 x 1.06 x 7.80 In

Weight

0.66 Pounds

About the Book


It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life âe" 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 âe" and yet curiously obsessed by them âe" 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 doesnâe(tm)t get much better than thisâe¦

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