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Name: Notes from a Small Island

Author: Bill Bryson
Year: 1995
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Popularity: 8.5
Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Travel, Humor, Biographies, Essays

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ISBN:
9780552151702
9780736643764
9780771017285
055215170X
0736643761
0771017286
After nearly two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson - bestselling author of
and
-decided to return to the United States. ("I had recently read," Bryson writes, "that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me.") But before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home.
Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again,
is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's Farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. The result is an uproarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain, from the satiric pen of an unapologetic Anglophile.
This book is part of the "Notes from a Small Island" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
The Road to Little Dribbling
First published 2015
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