false 5956447 <![CDATA[Australiens Outback.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 94528 3 91135 1988 One for the Road: Revised Edition total:149|5:26|4:59|3:54|2:8|1:2| 149 546 209 13 16541 3.97 4842 1109 43402739 1920951 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.65 144 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 17 17:31:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 17:32:39 -0800 2009 55186322 2155468 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed May 06 15:48:10 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 15:48:35 -0700 2009 17335172 908160 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 1 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 15:53:37 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 15:55:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 36970322 1466248 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Wed Nov 05 12:32:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 11 12:41:41 -0800 2009 28987836 243840 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 2 0 false Fri Aug 01 11:24:21 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:25:13 -0700 2008 36189752 1564583 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Sat Oct 25 13:39:49 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 13:40:56 -0700 2008 31225752 616108 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 0 0 false Tue Aug 26 08:24:58 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 08:27:31 -0700 2008 18410768 1009898 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Mar 22 18:35:36 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 18:37:42 -0700 2008 53923503 795496 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Mon Aug 10 11:02:30 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 09:51:41 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:02:30 -0700 2009 2692162 166772 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jul 03 19:52:57 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:34:21 -0800 2009 http://bookcrossing.com/journal/4280990/]]> 5620198 282759 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Sep 04 00:05:06 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 00:05:41 -0700 2007 17119920 970589 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 0 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 05 17:12:10 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 17:13:08 -0800 2008 70640757 2658652 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 2 0 false Wed Sep 09 14:49:42 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 14:52:02 -0700 2009 1
I was totally disappointed by this book, despite the interesting cover art. I felt that, after each chapter, I had just read the same chapter over and over again.

I honestly felt as if I had to FORCE myself to finish...more...]]> 81421664 2216519 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Fri Dec 18 13:49:32 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 13:49:32 -0800 2009 80893576 628060 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Sun Dec 13 16:29:56 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 16:29:56 -0800 2009 80373426 2111960 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 0 0 false Tue Dec 08 21:09:25 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 21:09:26 -0800 2009 80013799 912256 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 3 0 false Sat Dec 05 16:55:29 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 16:55:29 -0800 2009 79739520 2235825 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 0 0 false Thu Dec 03 02:44:19 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 02:44:19 -0800 2009 78864746 1794737 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 4 0 false Tue Nov 24 11:15:52 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 11:15:52 -0800 2009 78531754 2967160 94528 0375706135 9780375706134 13 <![CDATA[One for the Road: Revised Edition]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407m/94528.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171289407s/94528.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94528.One_for_the_Road_Revised_Edition 3.66 149 do not attempt to match his beer intake), and the forbidding, Martianesque emptinesses of Australian deserts. On the way he encounters hostile, friendly, and downright strange natives; jumps a train; survives a harrowing accident; and uses his relentless sense of humor to face down a cyclone:
I prop my pack against the fence as a windbreak. Huddled behind it, I pull on two pairs of pants, three shirts, four pairs of socks--my entire wardrobe in fact, except for the dung-covered shirt and five pairs of elastic-waisted underwear. No room for dignity here, at the center of a cyclone. I put the jockey shorts over my head, one pair at a time, fitting the fly over my nose to let a little oxygen in.
A wily melange of tenderness, eye-popping lunacy, and occasional white-knuckled fear, One for the Road will leave you yearning to have the never-ending-blue Oz sky above, the flavor of that red, red dust in your mouth, and a tinnie to wash it all down with. --Jhana Bach]]> 1988 0 0 false Sat Nov 21 08:56:55 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:56:55 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5956447