This very user-unfriendliness throws up another Aussie paradox. Bryson's absorbing and informative portrait is of a terrain so intractably vast, a land so climatically extreme, it seems expressly designed to daunt and torment humankind. Barely a page of Down Under is without its lovingly detailed list of lethal antipodean critters: sociopathic jellyfish, homicidal crocs, toilet-dwelling death-spiders, murderous shrubs (yes, shrubs). For a start, there's the oddly nasty fauna and flora. It's helpful here: Bryson's latest subject is that oddest of continents, Australia. It's a unique style, possibly best suited to the world's weirder destinations. Download Down Under Read Online Detailsĭetails Product: Alternative cover editions for this ISBN can be found here, here, here and hereAs his many British fans already know, bearded Yankee butterball Bill Bryson specialises in going to countries we think we know well, only to return with travelogues that are surprisingly cynical and yet shockingly affectionate.
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