Notes from a Small Island

Summary: "Before returning to live in the US, the incomparable Bill Bryson...made a valedictory tour of the UK by rail...It has to be admitted that the observations are not always the most original...But what makes it work is not so much what he says as how: Bryson's dry, tongue-in-cheek humour and deadpan asides can make even some pretty tired material laugh-out-loud funny."