His uproarious social commentary and Ron McLarty's warm and witty performance will leave you feeling as if you have actually been travelling across the enchanting island.
Amidst the difficulties, Bryson encounters quirky age-old customs, charming architecture, and salt-of-the-earth inhabitants. And as a destination beckons above the rooftops, a maze of city streets leads him further away. On weekends, odd train and bus schedules leave him stranded in isolated communities with damp, moldering inns. After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to. But his plans to neatly traverse the island by foot, bus, and train are soon thwarted. Before Bryson makes the move back to his native United States (citing hilariously that we need him), he decides to take a trip from one end of England and Scotland to another. Before he returns to the United States after nearly two decades on British soil, Bryson decides to take a farewell jaunt through his adopted homeland. Notes from a Small Island book review You can buy the Kindle edition here. As he wanders through tiny villages and bustling cities, his irreverent travelogue will keep you laughing out loud and eager to explore what lies just around the next corner. Grab your umbrella and join best-selling author Bill Bryson for a grand tour through the heartland of the United Kingdom. With Bill Brysons acerbic observational wit, Notes from a Small Island invites us to see the UK afresh from the viewpoint of a critical friend, while in the topsy turvey world of Through the. Notes from a small island Books The Guardian Books Review Notes from a small island Shirley Hazzard grew up in Australia, spent the 1950s working for the UN in New York, and now lives and.
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