Notes From a Big Country Paperback by Bill Bryson

Product Details

• Publisher: Anchor Canada (2002-08-13)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 368 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780385658591
• Item Weight: 340.2 grams
• Dimensions: 7.0 x 5.4 x 1.3 cm

When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the Mail on Sunday’s Night and Day magazine, Bill Bryson firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here are nineteen months’ worth of his popular columns for the Mail on Sunday about the strangest of phenomena—the American way of life. Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the mind-boggling plethora of methods by which to shop, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the jaw-slackening banality of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world’s richest and craziest country.

About the Author

BILL BRYSON's bestselling books include A Walk in the Woods, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, and A Short History of Nearly Everything (which won the Aventis Prize in Britain and the Descartes Prize, the European Union's highest literary award). He was chancellor of Durham University, England's third oldest university, from 2005 to 2011, and is an honorary fellow of Britain's Royal Society.