Notes from a Small Island
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.
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This is my fourth Bryson book, and I really enjoyed the others, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Home, and A Walk in the Woods. This one felt less polished. I didn’t feel like I got a good sense of his travels, it was focused more on comedy, and the humor came off as aggressive or hostile throughout the book. I think part of the issue is that he wrote this book before the ones he wrote that I enjoyed. I think he must have improved a lot since this one.
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