{"product_id":"9781784161835","title":"Down Under : Travels in a Sunburned Country","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bryson, Bill \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAustralia\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 November 2015 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Bryson' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 28 | 302g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIgnoring such dangers – and yet curiously obsessed by them – Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870822031619,"sku":"9781784161835","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781784161835.jpg?v=1731410250","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781784161835","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}