Tim Bowden, one of Australia's best loved travel writers and story
tellers, rediscovers his native state - Tasmania - revealing with wry
humour and enthusiasm its history and its people.
When
Tim Bowden went back to Tasmania to explore his state of origin for the
first time in many years, he was reminded of his adolescent assertion
that Tasmania is the testicle of Australia, suffusing the mainland with
strength and vigour. What a pity there is only one of them.
In
this cheeky and warm rediscovery of Tasmania and its at-times dark
history, Tim and his wife Ros explore some of the quirkier outposts of
island civilisation (stopping at a winery or three along the way) and
travel through landscapes of incomparable beauty and devastating
desolation. With a cast of characters as memorable as they are
eccentric, this is a generous portrait of the island and its fiercely
proud people.
A fascinating and humorous account of a rapidly
changing Tasmania, told by one of Australia's most infectious
raconteurs and highly regarded broadcasters, The Devil in Tim belongs
in the suitcase or backpack of every visitor to Tasmania, first timers
and regulars alike.
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