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About the Book
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 dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slackening direness of American TV or the smug pleasure of being able to eat your beef without having to wonder if when you rise from the table you will walk sideways into the wall, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena – the American way of life.
Contents
Cover
About the Book
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Coming Home
Help!
Well, Doctor, I Was Just Trying to Lie Down
. . .
Take Me Out to the Ball Park
Dumb and Dumber
Drug Culture
Mail Call
How to Have Fun at Home
Design Flaws
Wide-open Spaces
Rule Number 1: Follow All Rules
The Mysteries of Christmas
The Numbers Game
Room Service
Our Friend the Moose
Consuming Pleasures
Junk Food Heaven
Tales of the North Woods
Hail to the Chief
Life in a Cold Climate
Drowning in Red Tape
The Wasteland
Commercials, Commercials, Commercials
Friendly People
On the Hotline
Those Boring Foreigners
The Cupholder Revolution
Your Tax Form Explained
Warning: Anyone Having Fun Will Be Reported
The States Explained
The War on Drugs
Why No One Walks
Gardening with My Wife
Why Everyone Is Worried
A Failure to Communicate
Lost at the Movies
The Risk Factor
Ah, Summer!
Help for the Nondesignated Individual
Where Scotland Is, and Other Useful Tips
Dying Accents
Inefficiency Report
A Day at the Seaside
Splendid Irrelevancies
On Losing a Son
Highway Diversions
Snoopers at Work
How to Hire a Car
Fall in New England
A Slight Inconvenience
So Sue Me
The Great Indoors
A Visit to the Barbershop
Book Tours
Death Watch
The Best American Holiday
Deck ............

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