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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies (Xenophobe's Guides)
 
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Aussies (Xenophobe's Guides) (Paperback)

by Ken Hunt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 64 pages
  • Publisher: Oval Books; New edition edition (1 April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1902825179
  • ISBN-13: 978-1902825175
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,172,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A handy series of books which could prove essential reading for the innocent abroad."
--"Scarborough Evening News"
"A brief pen portrait of a nation and its people and even the odd humorous dig at their subject without being politically incorrect. "
--"Lancashire Evening Telegraph "


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The character, values and foibles of the Australians.

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1.0 out of 5 stars A huge disappointment, 20 Feb 2002
By hugh_jenkins@hotmail.com (Perth, Australia (originally Wales)) - See all my reviews
  
Extremely disappointing.

I was hoping for a book that would cast a new light on 'The Aussie', perhaps giving a humurous slant on the characteristics of the modern Australian. Instead, we simply get a regurgitation of the well worn cartoon cliched image of 'The Ocker Aussie', which has been written about elsewhere a million times before (ie Lives life in the Pub, has loads of mates, no respect for authority etc etc). As anyone who lives in Australia knows, these attributes belong more to myth than reality.

Unfortunately, this book simply restates the stereotypical image that most foreigners already have of Australians, rather than focusing on the less well known quirks and foibles that most other Xenophobe guides manage to capture.

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