Australia According To Hoges

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2022
Edition: First Edition

Description: 288 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Stories and yarns about my favourite bits of Down Under Paul Hogans ancestors were a couple of Irish blow-ins who arrived in the colony of New South Wales by boat, with a little assistance from the judges of the Old Bailey. Blow-ins from everywhere have been coming ever since, and while it hasnt always been a walk in the park, Hoges reckons this mixed-up mob of old and new inhabitants works most of the time. In fact, according to Hoges, Australia may well be the best country on earth.In Australia, According to Hoges, the comedy legend explores some of the highways and byways of his countrys past and present to map out all that is strange, marvellous and majestic about his homeland and why Australia qualifies as the Eighth Wonder of the World.From the rich and ancient culture of the island continents Original human inhabitants to its prison-farm phase, from a baptism by fire through wars and depression to a passion for sport, gambling and outdoor cookery, and from the influence of Marlon Brando on a teenager from Sydneys western suburbs to the culinary wonders brought by new arrivals from all around the world, Hoges portrays a nation that believes in a fair go for all and never takes itself too seriously.Full of laugh-out-loud yarns from Hoges and the nations past, Australia, According to Hoges is a love letter to Down Under. As Hoges says, Were not perfect, but were working on it.

ISBN: 9781460762295