The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover
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The Land Before Avocado

by Richard Glover

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Narrator Richard Glover

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Length 7 hours 17 minutes
Language English
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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 is 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, feel angry and inspired. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago.

Most of all, it will make you realise just how far we’ve come – and how much further we can go.

Politics & EconomyScience & TechnologyHumorPhilosophyNonfiction

Richard Glover is the author of a number of bestselling books, including The Land Before Avocado, Flesh Wounds and The Mud House, also available as audiobooks. He writes regularly for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Washington Post and presents the comedy show Thank God It’s Friday on ABC Local Radio.

Richard Glover has written a number of bestselling books, including The Land Before Avocado, Flesh Wounds and The Mud House. He writes regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Washington Post, as well as a presenting the comedy program Thank God It’s Friday on ABC Local Radio.

Audiobook details

Author:

Narrator:
Richard Glover

ISBN:
9781489469250

Length:
7 hours 17 minutes

Language:
English

Publisher:
Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Edition:
Unabridged

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Reviews

'This is vintage Glover – warm, wise and very, very funny. Brimming with excruciating insights into life in the late sixties and early seventies, The Land Before Avocado explains why this was the cultural revolution we had to have.' 'Hilarious and horrifying, this is the ultimate intergenerational conversation starter.' Expand reviews