It's a rare book that will make me laugh out loud. affectionately celebrates, and devilishly skewers." - San Francisco Chronicle "Such a pleasure to once again travel the lanes and walking paths of Britain in the company of Bill Bryson!. Almost as satisfying as being there yourself." - Entertainment Weekly "Bryson is a jovial companion and his typically funny self." - Chicago Tribune "A cheeky romp through Britain's heart. Bryson is a keen observer of what's amusing, ironic and absurd." - USA Today "Riveting. Irreverent, endearing, and always hilarious, The Road to Little Dribbling is filled with Bill Bryson's deep knowledge and love of his chosen home. Whether he is dodging cow attacks in Torcross, getting lost in the H&M on Kensington High Street, or-more seriously-contemplating the future of the nation's natural wonders in the face of aggressive development, Bryson guides us through the old and the new with vivid detail and laugh-out-loud humor. In these pages, he follows a straight line through the island-from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath-and shows us every pub, stone village, and human foible along the way. Two decades later, Bryson-now a British citizen-set out again to rediscover his adopted country.
The uproarious book that resulted, Notes from a Small Island, is one of the most acute portrayals of the United Kingdom ever written. With his instinct for the funny and quirky, and his eye for the idiotic, the bewildering, the appealing, and the ridiculous, he offers insights into all that is best and worst about Britain today.īook Synopsis In 1995, Iowa native Bill Bryson took a motoring trip around Britain to explore that green and pleasant land. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed - and what hasn't. The result was Notes from a Small Island, one of the bestselling travel books ever written.
About the Book Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land.
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