In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson

In a Sunburned Country

By Bill Bryson

  • Release Date: 2000-06-06
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 262 Ratings

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.

Reviews

  • Makes me want to just get out and go.

    4
    By Gmhend91
    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.
  • Informative and hilarious

    5
    By julie*c
    I learned so much about Australia in this book. He is also witty and hilarious and made me laugh out loud reading this book.
  • Another Bryson Masterpiece

    5
    By Adirondack Slimming
    Another wonderful, witty and information loaded presentation by Bryson. A Master Craftsman at weaving a great story with inexhaustive details, generally pretty interesting! A great read. Sorry to have it end.
  • In a sunburned country

    5
    By Paris4675
    Hilarious. I laughed so hard while reading this on an airplane that the other passengers thought that I was crazy.
  • In a Sunburned Country

    5
    By BEV36
    As usual Bill Bryson gets it right; funny, stuffed with facts that makes one think. His ever curious mind leads us on a memorable journey not soon to be forgotten. Blake Vance Delray Beach, FL
  • In a Sunburnt Country

    4
    By Adam in San Fran and Toronto
    Great book! Funny, informative and thoroughly entertaining.
  • Very funny

    4
    By Mrobbins67
    Read only a few books in my day. This one is funny and full of adventure. Makes me want to go and experience this for myself.