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Humor - Bill Bryson
The Duke of Dunstable Posted Sep 20, 1999
That's what Wodehouse and Tom Sharpe does for me. Never read Bryson. What are the plots like?
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Maisie Posted Sep 20, 1999
He's a travel writer, so there aren't any plots as such. Its all autobiographical. Notes from a Small island is about his trip round the UK on foot and by Public transport, that he made as a farewell before moving back to the States. He has a very unique take on the British, being an american who has spent a long time here. One of my favourite bits is a description of his falling down a steep hill - that probably says more about me than the book, though...
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Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Sep 20, 1999
I liked The Lost Continent as well; also Made In America.
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Ginger The Feisty Posted Sep 20, 1999
Made in America is basically about the american way of life. He also did one that was about small town america and one called Walk in the Woods which was about walking the appalchian trail.
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Maisie Posted Sep 20, 1999
I'm reading Walk in THe Woods at the mo...its funny and informative at the same time. Any idea what the Lost Continent is about?
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Ginger The Feisty Posted Sep 20, 1999
I can't quite remember - there was one on Europe but I think Lost continent may have been his middle america one.
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Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Sep 20, 1999
Lost Continent is America, Neither Here Nor There is Europe, I think
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Peta Posted Sep 24, 1999
David Niven. I love his gentle english humour. The stories he tells are wonderful. Anyone else read it?
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SPINY (aka Ship's Cook) Posted Sep 24, 1999
Too obvious to suggest Garrison Keillor as well? Recommendations: anything.
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The Duke of Dunstable Posted Sep 24, 1999
David Niven? You mean the dead british actor of the same name? I didn't know he wrote novels.
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