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On what he calls 'the adventure of his life', Howard Jacobson travels around Australia, never entirely sure where he is heading next or whether he has the courage to tackle the wild life of the bush, the wild men of the outback, or the even wilder women of the seaboard cities.
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'The most successful attempt I know to grip the great dreaming Australian enigma by the throat and make it gargle' (Evening Standard)
'A wildly funny account of his travels; abounding in sharp characterization, crunching dialogue and self-parody, it actually is a book which makes you laugh out loud on almost every page ... A sharp, skilful and brilliantly funny book' (Literary Review)
'A marvellous read ... he is a comic explorer in the grandest mould' (Financial Times)
'Entertaining ... this is a book about exotic Australia - the fringes, the deserts, the opal mines, the Aborigines, and the North Queensland rednecks' (Guardian)
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'A wildly funny account of his travels; abounding in sharp characterization, crunching dialogue and self-parody, it actually is a book which makes you laugh out loud on almost every page ... A sharp, skilful and brilliantly funny book' (Literary Review)
'A marvellous read ... he is a comic explorer in the grandest mould' (Financial Times)
'Entertaining ... this is a book about exotic Australia - the fringes, the deserts, the opal mines, the Aborigines, and the North Queensland rednecks' (Guardian)
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question went Down Under - and this is what he found...
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0241121108
- ISBN 13 9780241121108
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages392
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