In a Sunburned Country

Deliciously funny, fact-filled, and adventurous, *In a Sunburned Country* takes Bill Bryson on a grand tour of Australia, the only continent that is also a country. It is a place where interesting things happen all the time, from a Prime Minister lost while swimming at sea to remote Japanese cult members. Despite being the most desiccated and climatically aggressive of all inhabited continents, it teems with life—including more things that can kill you in extremely nasty ways than anywhere else, such as sharks, crocodiles, the world's ten most deadly poisonous snakes, and the unbelievable box jellyfish. Bryson travels from the beach to the bush, enduring scorching temperatures and vast desert drives, all the while delivering a painfully hilarious and insightful tribute to this singularly peculiar locale.

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