Bill Bryson has traversed the length and breadth of Australia to bring us his first major new book since the bestselling A Walk in the Woods.

Bryson is a household name synonymous with laughoutloud humour uncontrolled sniggering and spontaneous outbursts of chortling.

Down Under will reinforce his reputation as the bestloved travel writer and humorist of our day.

No worries What greeted Bill Bryson when he visited Australia was rather different to what hed imagined.

It is a country that exists on a vast scale.

It is the driest flattest hottest most desiccated infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still it teems with life a large proportion of it quite deadly A country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay one out with a toxic nip where seashells will not just sting but GO for one One may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles or carried hopelessly out to sea by irresistible currents or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback.

Bill Bryson ignored such dangers and promptly fell in love with the country And who can blame him The people are cheerful the food excellent the beer always cold the sun nearly always shines.

Life doesnt get much better than this Product Details Paperback Book Author Bill Bryson Genre Travel Writing Publisher Random House ISBN 9780552997034