6/22/2023 0 Comments Bill bryson small island![]() I may have mentioned it in posts before, but I really love that British-style of humour – clever, dry and understated – and this book delivers. I’d never read any Bill Bryson before, but had heard many good things, and it seemed an appropriate souvenir (well that was the reason I gave myself for buying yet another book). ![]() I had picked up the second-hand copy from a small book market in Southbank in London, the last stop of my trip. Instead, I chose to nurse my post-holiday blues and selected Bill Bryson’s Notes From A Small Island. ![]() I had several contenders on my shelf ready to go, from the classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to Icelandic-author Halldór Laxness’ The Fish Can Sing. On my return from Europe a few weeks back, I was faced with one of life’s frequent and most difficult questions – what to read next? ![]()
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