Dear Bill Bryson
Footnotes from a Small Island
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3.3 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED THE GRAN TOUR AND THE MARMALADE DIARIES
An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic.
'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review
In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryson in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.
Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.
Customer Reviews
Don’t Invest Your Time
This is a book that starts off with flashes of humour and good writing. And I do congratulate a 27-year-old man on actually finishing a book. However, it grows increasingly sour and tiresome as his journey goes on. Ultimately, becomes It becomes a book you simply can’t finish if you want to maintain any sort of decent mood or respect for the act of writing at all. It’s a pity.