Bill BRYSON ... The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006)
BILL BRYSON, one of my favourite writers, has a new book out, a memoir called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006). I enjoy his travel books immensely; he has an eye for the lively anecdote and never fail to come up with beautiful turns of phrase sprinkled with a delicious cocktail of affection, cynicism, humour and irony.
BibliographyBRYSON Bill [1951-] Travel writer, humourist. Born William McGuire Bryson in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Travel Bill Bryson’s African Diary (2002); Down Under (published in the U.S. as In a Sunburned Country) (2000); Notes from a Big Country (published in the U.S. as I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away) (1998); A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail (1997); Notes from a Small Island (1995); Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe (1993); The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (1989) Nonfiction A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003: winner of the 2004 Aventis Science Book Prize); Troublesome Words (2002); Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (1994); Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (1989); Troublesome Words (published in the U.S. as Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer’s Guide to Getting It Right) (1982) Biography Shakespeare (2007) Memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006)
RecommendedTravel Down Under (published as In a Sunburned Country in the U.S.) (2000); A Walk in the Woods (1997); The Lost Continent (1989)
posted by Eric Forbes at 7:13 PM
4 Comments:
The cover designs are very eye-catching and has a unique theme to it. Just started reading Notes from a Small Island.
I read Notes from a Small Island a decade ago and enjoyed it tremendously. The Lost Continent is supposedly his best. Get hold of it if you can.
Definitely can't keep up with your reading habit, Eric. Will be a pauper if I do and my kids will be sent to the orphanage :)
I read Down Under, and A Short History of Almost Everything, and I really liked his way of telling things. I think his secret is that he really enjoys what he is talking about.
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