{"product_id":"9780552998086_417","title":"The Lost Continent by Bryson, Bill | Subject:Reference","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description?I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to?And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn?t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land.Bryson?s acclaimed first success,The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson?s claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.Review\"High-spirited... hilarious\" (Observer)\"Hilarious... he can be suave, sarcastic and very funny... not your typical travel writer\" (Sunday Telegraph)\"Funny as this wonderful book is, it is also a serious indictment of the American way of life and the direction in which it is going... he is genuinely shocked, as we are, by the statistics of affluence, poverty, crime and culture that he drops in hither and thither\" (Irish Times)\"A very funny performance, littered with wonderful lines and memorable images\" (Literary Review)Book DescriptionBill Bryson's very first travel book, a sidesplittingly funny road trip around small town America.From the Back Cover?I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to?And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn?t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land.Bryson?s acclaimed first success,The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature - hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache - and the book that first staked Bill Bryson?s claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.?A very funny performance, littered with wonderful lines and memorable images?Literary Review?Funny as this wonderful book is, it is also a serious indictment of the American way of life and the direction in which it is going?Irish Times?High-spirited?hilarious?Observer9780552998086£8.99ebook and audio availablewww.billbryson.co.ukAbout the AuthorBill Bryson?s bestselling travel books includeThe Lost Continent andNotes from a Small Island, which in a national poll was voted the book that best represents Britain. Another travel book,A Walk in the Woods, has become a major film starring Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson. His new number oneSunday Times bestseller isThe Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island.His acclaimed book on the history of science,A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Royal Society?s Aventis Prize as well as the Descartes Prize, the European Union?s highest literary award. He has written books on language, on Shakespeare, on history, and on his own childhood in the hilarious memoirThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His last critically lauded bestsellers wereAt Home: a Short History of Private Life, andOne Summer: America 1927Bill Bryson was born in the American Midwest, and now live\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good | Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Used Good","offer_id":42965238087926,"sku":"9780552998086_R1_W2_C1","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/51cSKcJjX3L.jpg?v=1648567422","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/9780552998086_417","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}