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 winegrowers 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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ISBN:9781608198955
Physical Description:print viii, 517 pages : map ; 22 cm.
On wings of poesy -- Shiklone Troicee and after -- bungle bungle -- Arse-end Charlie -- Umpie bong -- Neither an Ong nor a Mo -- Et in Arcadia nos -- Lost orisons -- Granny apples -- The town with a [heart] of gold -- A roomette with a view -- Ich hatt' eins ein schn̲' Vaterland -- Where. Edna. Laide. Me -- 'An interesting place with lots of sandhills' -- Mintja -- Ghostbusting -- The townsville hoist -- Gone troppo -- The expulsion from paradise -- Found! : the spangled drongo.
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