This autumn sees the publication of Bryson’s first travel book in 15 years, and it’s about the British. Twenty years after Notes from a Small Island, what will he make of us?
News from The Bookseller that Bill Bryson is due to deliver his first travel book in 15 years has me itching to dig out my walking boots. It was Bryson’s chronicle of his hike along the Appalachian Trail, A Walk in the Woods, that led to me taking a long walk of my own, and to one of my favourite holidays – even if camping along the Cornish coast path wasn’t quite as exotic and remote as the author’s trip.
It’s been a long time since I read a Bryson book – basically, I stopped when he stopped writing about travel. But, in the 90s, I enjoyed his takes on the English (Notes From a Small Island), on America (Notes From a Big Country and A Walk in the Woods) and on Australia (Down Under).
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