Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson

Overview

Featuring an all-new cover, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson's irrevent and hilarious journey through the beloved island nation he called home for two decades. From Downing Street to Loch Ness, this is a delightful look at the United Kingdom.

Before New York Times bestselling author Bill Bryson wrote The Road to Little Dribbling, he took this delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation of Great Britain, which has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie’s Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780380727506
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	05/15/2001
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	69,504
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.

Hometown:

Hanover, New Hampshire

Date of Birth:

1951

Place of Birth:

Des Moines, Iowa

Education:

B.A., Drake University, 1977

Editorial Reviews

Bill Bryson is a funny writer…doubled over belly shakes and seltzer through the nose funny.”
— Globe and Mail

“The year’s best travel book…funny and witty and truthful.”
— Toronto Sun

“The funniest book I read this year – winded by its humor, tears on the cheeks.”
— Ottawa Citizen

“Bryson is first and foremost a storyteller – and a supremely comic and original one at that.”
— Winnipeg Free Press

“A kind of Dave Barry-meets-Paul Theroux in a British commuter train.”
— Sunday Express

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