it is a whirlwind of names and places I could not spell and probably would pronounce wrong if I tried to do it just from the written page. Having not been to Britain, I was a bit lost. This book is a travelogue of places Bill visits, on overnights and day trips around the UK. To read more about this book, click the handy-dandy Amazon link below.I listened to the audio.I never read the author's first book about Britain, Notes from a Small Island, so I cannot compare. And especially if I can convince Bill Bryson to be my tour guide. Having read this book, I see a depth and breadth you wouldn’t think possible in such a geographically small place. Like most Americans who have never been to England, my picture of the place comes from Downton Abbey, Bridget Jones, Stonehenge, and Dr. Bryson will make you put the book down because you are laughing so hard. What stops it from being nothing more than a meandering story by an uncle you hate to sit next to at holidays is his sense of humor. He’s fascinated by details and, as a result, shows you an England you’ll never see on mainstream tours. When he likes something, he’ll tell you he likes it as quick as he’ll tell you what he doesn’t like. He’s not all negative: he notes the breathtaking beauty of the countryside and the simple pleasure of a well-written plaque in a museum. The book, which has no real plot, is more like travelling across England with a tour guide who doesn’t care if he gets fired for saying what he thinks. Some have improved, some have withered, and some just make him mad. Now that he’s older, crotchetier and a grandfather, he visits some of the same places with different eyes. Some decades ago, as a young man, Bill Bryson toured England and wrote about it in Notes from a Small Island. It is mostly a travelogue, but it is also a rant about progress that really takes us backwards, people’s foolishness in general, and a lack of understanding about the importance of historic preservation. The Road to Little Dribbling, by Bill Bryson is a really funny book.
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain BOOK REVIEW: The Road to Little Dribbling
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