Book description
From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from
domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist
airing his opinions and standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding
fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England,
he is now back on the other side of the pond, and is obviously having
a little trouble finding his true American self again.
After vigorous exercise on the Appalachian Trail comes this edited
collection of Bryson's most splenetic comic pieces culled from his
humorous regular column in the Mail on Sunday.
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
