By JONATHON HOWARD
AWARD winning author and Noosa Today columnist Phil Jarratt has revealed his latest book Bali: Heaven and Hell, which will be released on Monday, 1 September.
Phil has had an association with Bali for more than 40 years and he takes readers on a personal journey into another time and place, exploring the islands tumultuous and often violent past, its mythology, religion and politics, and the last 50 years of Western colonization and modern development.
Phil recounts the transformation of Bali from a besieged peasant colony to booming resort island.
“We watched the sun set over Kuta Beach, drinking the local Bintang beer purchased from a pretty girl in a sarong who seemed to glide along the sand with an ice bucket balanced on her head, then we walked up the dusty beach track to the night fish markets where we sat on benches and ate whole fish with our fingers, washing it down with more Bintang. The entire meal cost less than a dollar. Everything cost less than a dollar,” Phil writes.
You can pre purchase a copy of Bali: Heaven and Hell through Hardy Grant Books online.
