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Dear Bill Bryson
- Author
- Ben Aitken
- Narrator
- Ben Aitken
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 3 February 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Travel and holiday
What to expect
In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryon in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.
Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.
'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review
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Details
- Author
- Ben Aitken
- Narrator
- Ben Aitken
- Duration
- 8 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 February 2022
- ISBN
- 9781004073498
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Travel and holiday
Synopsis
An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran TourIn 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryon in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food, and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.'It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended.' Manchester Review
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