Notes from a Small Island

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After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson
took the decision to move back to the States
for a while, to let his kids experience life in
another country, to give his wife the chance
to shop until 10 p.m. seven nights a week,
and, most of all, because he had read that 3.7
million Americans believed that they had been
abducted by aliens at one time or another, and it
was thus clear to him that his people needed him.
But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson
insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of
the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was
to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and
to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that
had produced Marmite, a military hero whose dying wish was to be
kissed by a fellow named Hardy, place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey
and Shellow Bowells, people who said Mustn t grumble', and
Gardeners'Question Time. S
'Splendid What's enjoyable is that there s as much of
Bryson in here as there is of Britain' Sunday Telegraph
Bryson is funny because he is not afraid to give
completely of himself' Daily Express
'Laugh-out-loud funny' Good Book Guide
'Not a book that should be read in public, for fear of
emitting loud snorts' The Times
ISBN 0-552-99600-9
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