The release date for the English version of 'In a Sunburned Country' by
Bill Bryson is May 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Even though Australia is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile, most climatically hostile of all the inhabited continents, a significant chunk of its existence is very lethal. Actually, more very dangerous substances may kill you in Australia than any other place.
Ignoring these risks—yet oddly fixated on them—Bill Bryson traveled to Australia and fell in love with the nation right away. Who is to blame for him? The people are upbeat, outgoing, witty, and consistently accommodating; their cities are clean, safe, and almost usually built on water; the cuisine is delicious; the beer is cool; and the sun is almost always shining. There's not much better than this in life...