America - land of the free. Free to work till you drop, to die on the street, to get shot by the cops ......
Australia - country of the fair go. Where true blue has become Beyond Blue, and safety warnings are everywhere ......
America and Australia. Twin countries, settler nations, which took different paths, the small differences magnifying into contrasting civilisations.
Award-winning writer and commentator Guy Rundle has spent many years observing these contrasts - on the streets, in the culture and on the campaign trail. In Altered States, he argues that Australia succeeded in creating a 'good society', while the US failed - but that doesn't mean we can't learn something from America's dynamism and independence.
Perceptive and often hilarious, Altered States is a strikingly original take on the challenges facing Australia in the twenty-first century.
