In the Land of Oz - Softcover

Jacobson, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408825023 ISBN 13: 9781408825020

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

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.

In pursuit of the best of Australian good times, he joins revelers at Uluru, argues with racists in the Kimberleys, parties with wine-growers in the Barossa and falls for ballet dancers in Perth. And even as vexed questions of national identity and Aboriginal land rights present themselves, his love for Australia and Australians never falters.

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Review:

'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)

Book Description:

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question went Down Under - and this is what he found...

The Sunday Times bestseller - over 50,000 copies sold of the original edition

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408825023
• ISBN 13: 9781408825020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528