I was unable to finish this book. The writing style was not engaging and the plot was a little boring. I found it hard to swallow that a simple spider bite (even if it was a redback) turned our narrator from a CIA/ASIO agant to a radical revolutionary. The main story seems to consist of a series of observances about Australia and Australians that, I suspect, are intended to be funny. Instead, they come across as corny and cliched. Someone with a different sense of humour may enjoy this, but I certainly didn't. ( )