Martin Trenaman

Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.

Four British friends reunite in Australia for a wild backpacking adventure, but clash when one wants cultural experiences while the others chase booze and women in their beat-up car across the continent.

The surly president of a small, dysfunctional, mythical former communist state is grappling with the novel concept of democracy with his infighting ministers, desperate for ideas to keep them in power at a coming election.