Bill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever
he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This
became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England,
the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs Bryson,
little Jimmy et al. and returned to live in the country he had left
as a youth. Of course there were things Bryson missed about Blighty
but any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering
some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a
New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in
shorts; and motel rooms where you can generally count on being
awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a
female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down, Vinnie, I'll do anything
you say.' Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza
or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings
his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of
phenomena - the American way of life.
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