Strange Country
As anyone who's ever read Mark Dapin in Good Weekend magazine knows, he's one of our funniest, most acute observers of Australian life. In Strange Country, he takes us on a journey through a very different Australia – a country that's eccentric, puzzling, big-hearted, small-minded, nostalgic and sometimes just plain mad. From camel wars to the last travelling boxing tent to women who talk to angels and the annual Parkes' Elvis Festival, his writing illuminates the stranger side of Australian life in a travel book like no other.
PRAISE FOR STRANGE COUNTRY
"Dapin’s description of the Parkes Elvis Festival is a priceless piece of writing. What’s amazing about Dapin is that he meets such characters as the Feral Ute King at the Caboolture Urban Muster and cockroach racers but he might – just – like them."
Sun-Herald
"Hilarious."
The Age
"This gritty travelogue by one of our nation's funniest writers is packed with riveting characters. If you like Bill Bryson's work, then this will hit the spot."
Madison
"This is no ordinary travel book… Dapin grasps the stranger aspects of Australian life with insight and humour."
Courier Mail
"Funny and insightful."
Australian Women's Weekly
"Offers a comedic style not unfamiliar to Bryson fans, but this one is funnier."
RM Williams Outback
