The Land Before Avocado: Journeys in a Lost Australia by Richard Glover
The new book from the bestselling author of Flesh Wounds. A funny and frank look at the way Australia used to be - and just how far we have come
'It was simpler time'. We had more fun back then'. 'Everyone could afford a house'.
There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like?
In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and, now and then, surprisingly appealing.
It's the Australia of his childhood. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s.
Let's break the news now: they didn't have avocado.
It's a place of funny clothing and food that was appalling, but amusingly so. It also the land of staggeringly awful attitudes - often enshrined in law - towards anybody who didn't fit in.
The Land Before Avocado will make you laugh and cry, be angry and inspired. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago.
Most of all it will make you realise how far we've come - and how much further we can go.
Format: Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21 x 15.3 x 2 | 358g
Publication Date: 22 Oct 2018
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: ABC Books
Publication City/Country: Sydney, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w illustrations
ISBN10: 0733339816
ISBN13: 9780733339813
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, and minor creasing which is barely visible on the bottom-right corner of the front cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.