Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country
Includes the most famous roasting Canberra has ever received.
Bill Bryson travelled the length of Australia and reserved some of his very best lines for Canberra — a city he found so restful he wondered if the locals might be in a coma. Down Under is his warm, wickedly funny account of the whole country, but for a Canberran the joy is handing over the book that most famously took the mickey out of home. It is a gift that works on two levels: a genuinely great travel read, and a cheeky dare to the recipient's civic pride. Perfect for the local with a sense of humour, the expat who now defends the place they once fled, or anyone who enjoys watching a master comedian pick a fight with an entire city — and lose, because Canberra is quietly wonderful and Bryson very nearly admits it.
- Bill Bryson's hilarious, affectionate tour of Australia
- Features his legendary, merciless chapter on the capital
- Travel writing at its funniest and most quotable
- A cheeky gift for any proud (and thick-skinned) Canberran