{"product_id":"9781784161842","title":"Notes From A Big Country : Journey into the American Dream","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bryson, Bill \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 24 March 2016 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Bryson' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 125 x 25 | 268g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf 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 strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39947435802811,"sku":"9781784161842","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781784161842.jpg?v=1713543954","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781784161842","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}