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Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9780385539289
Book Title
Road to Little Dribbling : Adventures of an American in Britain
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Item Length
9.6 in
Publication Year
2016
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Bill Bryson
Genre
Travel, History
Topic
Essays & Travelogues, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Item Width
6.4 in
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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A loving and hilarious--if occasionally spiky--valentine to Bill Bryson's adopted country, Great Britain. Prepare for total joy and multiple episodes of unseemly laughter. Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. 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. Following (but not too closely) a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis in the south to Cape Wrath in the north, by way of places few travelers ever get to at all, Bryson rediscovers the wondrously beautiful, magnificently eccentric, endearingly singular country that he both celebrates and, when called for, twits. With his matchless instinct for the funniest and quirkiest and his unerring eye for the idiotic, the bewildering, the appealing, and the ridiculous, he offers acute and perceptive insights into all that is best and worst about Britain today. Nothing is more entertaining than Bill Bryson on the road--and on a tear. The Road to Little Dribbling reaffirms his stature as a master of the travel narrative--and a really, really funny guy.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385539282
ISBN-13
9780385539289
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211780075

Product Key Features

Book Title
Road to Little Dribbling : Adventures of an American in Britain
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Essays & Travelogues, Europe / Great Britain / General, Europe / Great Britain
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Author
Bill Bryson
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
26.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Praise for The Road to Little Dribbling : "Fans should expect to chuckle, snort, snigger, grunt, laugh out loud and shake with recognition...a clotted cream and homemade jam scone of a treat." --Sunday Times "At its best as the history of a love affair, the very special relationship between Bryson and Britain. We remain lucky to have him." --Matthew Engel, Financial Times "Is it the funniest travel book I've read all year? Of course it is." --Daily Telegraph   "We have a tradition in this country of literary teddy bears--John Betjeman and Alan Bennett among them--whose cutting critiques of the absurdities and hypocrisies of the British people are carried out with such wit and good humour that they become national treasures. Bill Bryson is American but is now firmly established in the British teddy bear pantheon... The fact that this wonderful writer can unerringly catalogue all our faults and is still happy to put up with us should make every British reader's chest swell with pride." --Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express   "The truly great thing about Bryson is that he really cares and is insanely curious... Reading his work is like going on holiday with the members of Monty Python." --Chris Taylor, Mashable   "There were moments when I snorted out loud with laughter while reading this book in public... He can be as gloriously silly as ever." --The London Times   "The observation, the wit, the geniality of Bryson's inimitable words illuminate ever chapter." --Terry Wogan, Irish Times   "Everybody loves Bill Bryson, don't they? He's clever, witty, entertaining, a great companion... his research is on show here, producing insight, wisdom and startling nuggets of information... Bill Bryson and his new book are the dog's bollocks." --Independent on Sunday   "Stuffed with eye-opening facts and statistics..... Bryson's charm and wit continue to float off the page....Recognising oneself is part of the pleasure of reading Bryson's mostly affable rants about Britain and Britishness."  --Daily Mail "His millions of readers will probably enjoy this just as much as its predecessor." --Observer "We go to him less for insights--though there are plenty of these--and more for the pleasure of his company. And he can be very funny indeed. Almost every page has a line worth quoting." --Glasgow Herald "At last, Bill Bryson has got back to what he does best--penning travel books that educate, inform and will have you laughing out loud... I was chuckling away by page four and soaking up his historic facts to impress my mates with. Sure to be a bestseller." --Sun "Bryson has no equal. He combines the charm and humour of Michael Palin with the cantankerousness of Victor Meldrew and the result is a benign intolerance that makes for a gloriously funny read." --Daily Express
Lccn
2015-027450
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
914.104/8612
Lc Classification Number
Da632.B79 2016
Copyright Date
2016

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  • by markocarroll
    Jan 25, 2017

    Interesting perspective

    It's always interesting to get an American's perspective of England. Slightly jealous as his life is a mirror image of mine - I left UK to live in US 35 years ago (seemed like a good idea at the time - dark days of Thatcher and miner's strikes) but miss the UK culture terribly (but not the weather!) Contrast his other book "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" about going back to the US of A after 30 years away and it is a stark contrast. Most chapters about US culture portray it as a primitive backwards and a generally ghastly place. English culture by contrast is enlightened (more so than author can begin to realize because of the limitations of his American lens) Luckier duck than he begins to realize!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: mtwyouth

  • by momomalt
    May 30, 2017

    Over-rated author

    This so-called little travelogue of Great Britain is boring in the extreme. The author is quite sarcastic and doesn't seem to take well to many people. You can find him in a pub in every chapter. His superior, snide attitude colors the book and makes for unpleasant reading.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books

  • by mjburren
    Sep 13, 2023

    Another Bill Bryson gem

    Book was in great shape. If you like Bill Bryson, and if you liked "Notes from a Small Island," you'll love this. An update on how to find the loveliest spots in England.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goodwillbookworksaustin

  • by y6mtETfpRFa@Deleted
    Mar 17, 2017

    Great book

    This book is great! I laughed a lot while reading it. There was also a lot of good info about traveling in the UK. I have been there a few times, but never got to see everything I wanted to. Mr. Bryson has been practically everywhere, plus lived there for quite a while, so this will be very helpful to me if I'm able to travel to the UK again.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: silver-arch-books

  • by wiseberger
    Dec 23, 2020

    Not worth the time spent

    This would be a good book if you were going to England & he does have a good sense of humor...but it gets kind of boring& repetitive & depressing since all these places for the most part have gone downhill & not the same as that last time he was there...plus all the residents sound horribly unfriendly...made me never want to go there!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: jensonbooksinc

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