Book description
Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was
unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In
Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour
to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on
his wallet, and journeys from Hamemrfest, the northernmost town on the
continent, to istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least
one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before.
Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by
gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs
in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the
Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in
the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person
with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.
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
