"In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson

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The author feels that Bryson is one of those rare travel writers who can almost pull you from couch into the place that they are describing. The paper demonstrates that in this book there is a plethora of interesting information interspersed among engaging prose and a likable style. For example, the author shows that Bryson notes that almost 80 percent of all life on Australia exists no place on earth.

From the Paper:

"He gives a great deal of interesting and engaging trivia about famous Australian cultural icons. He notes the Sydney Opera House ended up costing over fourteen times the original estimate, finishing at an overwhelming $102 million. Not only this, but Sir Eugene Goosens, the man who pressured the city to build the Opera hose, was kicked out of Australia after being caught with an enormous amount of pornography."

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