Author: Bill Bryson
Title: Notes from a Small Island
Description: Bill
Bryson was an Iowan who took a trip to England, met a girl, married her, and
stayed. After quite a few years there, the family decided to move to the United
States. Bryson decided to take a trip around Britain, sort of by way of saying
good bye.
Writing style: Bryson
has become quite a well-known author since he wrote this book, and I’ve read
and enjoyed several of his other books (A
Walk in the Woods, In a Sunburned Country). He is sort of a humorist, but
not a laff-a-minute guy like Dave Barry. One thing I didn’t enjoy about this
book is that Bryson made lots of in-jokes and references that only British
folks would get. The book has also
become dated.
Audience: English
people.
Major ideas: England
is a small island with some very polite people, but it is being destroyed by
commercial development.
Wrap-up: I was
disappointed with this book, but looking back, I probably expected it to be as
good as the others that I mentioned. As an earlier effort, and maybe with a
very specialized intended audience, it just didn’t live up to the others. 2/5*
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