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I love Tony Horwitz's books--this is the 5th one I've read. It's his first book, and although enjoyable, I like his subsequent books better, where he combines history with travel, diving into a historical event/era and visiting the places where it happened to see its current-day impact there. Here he recounts his solo hitchhiking trip into the Australian outback in the mid 1980s, within the context of him sowing his young-single-man adventure oats before fully settling into his marriage. His des
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After reading all Hortwitz’ books, I can say that his first is far from his best. Frankly, the Australian outback doesn’t offer him enough to go on. It’s a whole lotta nothing, although he does his best with what he has. The book would be helped by an amusing sidekick, or at least a more interesting part of the world to visit. That said, it’s still a pretty good — and short — travelogue of Australia and its people.
A really different road trip.
Tour through rugged Australia. Always good for laughs.
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