Book description
Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International,
the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate
poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of
mankind, is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves, stunning
landscapes, and a vibrant cultural tradition. It also provides plenty
to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers
posed by snakes, insects and large predators. But on a more sober
note, it is a country that shares many serious human and environmental
problems with the rest of Africa: refugees, AIDS, drought, and
grinding poverty.
Travelling around the country, Bryson casts his inimitable eye on a
continent new to him, and the resultant diary, though short in length,
contains the trademark Bryson stamp of wry observation and curious
insight. All the author's royalties from Bill Bryson's African Diary,
as well as all profits, will go to CARE International.
Illustrated with 8pp of colour.
Bill Bryson is much loved for his bestselling travel books, from
The Lost Continent to Down Under, but Notes from a
Small Island has earned a particularly special place in the
nation's heart (a national poll for World Book Day in 2003 voted it
the book that best represents Britain). His acclaimed A Short
History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize for Science
Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. He has now
returned to live in the UK with his wife and family.
www. billbryson. co. uk
