In A Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson, Doubleday Canada, 307 pages, $35
When you start reading this latest
book by Bill Bryson, be prepared to go places you’ve never been –
even if you’ve lived there or been there before.
In A Sunburned Country is a frolicking adventure Down Under that is
not only hilarious and fascinating, but also a window on parts of Australia
seldom seen or heard.
Bryson visits all the usual suspects, including Sydney, Melbourne and Surfers
Paradise, but also ventures into the outback – that “boundless blank”
– going way off the beaten track to places like Broken Hill, Tanunda and
Daly Waters.
“Clearly (Australia) is a place worth getting to know,” he writes,
and he does so by exploring the small, the fascinating, and the downright weird
– the stromatolites in Shark Bay, the audiovisual theatre in Cowra, and
the pet shop in Young.
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