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A review by alidottie
One for the Road: An Outback Adventure by Tony Horwitz
3.0
3 & 1/2 stars
I do like Tony Horwitz's writing style, but I would've liked a bit more of the history of the Australian Outback which he only touched on in the briefest of stories instead of so many stories of stopping at pubs and such in the Outback of today. Also, the fact that this book is now nearly 30 yrs old, it makes me wonder how the Outback has changed. I will admit that a place that sounded at least a bit intriguing to me, has lost most of it's charm! And he wasn't even overly negative--his style is more that of a journalist reporting what he sees. The Outback is about as opposite as you can get to my kind of place!
It was interesting that he was hitch hiking and talking about how much hitching a ride had changed since he did it in the '70's. I imagine that has changed to almost not even be possible today.
I do like Tony Horwitz's writing style, but I would've liked a bit more of the history of the Australian Outback which he only touched on in the briefest of stories instead of so many stories of stopping at pubs and such in the Outback of today. Also, the fact that this book is now nearly 30 yrs old, it makes me wonder how the Outback has changed. I will admit that a place that sounded at least a bit intriguing to me, has lost most of it's charm! And he wasn't even overly negative--his style is more that of a journalist reporting what he sees. The Outback is about as opposite as you can get to my kind of place!
It was interesting that he was hitch hiking and talking about how much hitching a ride had changed since he did it in the '70's. I imagine that has changed to almost not even be possible today.