'Hilarious... he can be suave, sarcastic and very funny... not your typical travel writer' --- Sunday Telegraph.
Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. Bill Bryson did, and after ten years in England he decided to go home - to a foreign country.
In an ageing Chevrolet Chevette, he drove nearly 14, 000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious and perceptive state-of-the-nation report on small-town America.
From the Deep South to the Wild West, from Elvis' birthplace through to Custer's Last Stand, Bryson visits places he re-named Dullard, Coma and Doldrum (so the residents don't sue or come after him with baseball bats).
But his hopes of finding the American dream end in a nightmare of greed, ignorance and pollution. Read by Kerry Shale this is a wickedly witty and savagely funny assessment of a country lost to itself - and to Bill Bryson.
Written By
Bill Bryson
First Broadcast
BBC Radio 4
28 December 1992
Author : Tim Lefens
Performed By : Grover Gardner
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
7 hours
Type : Arts & Drama
Autobiography
Biographical
Knowledge & Learning
Inspiration & Devotion
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Author : Eamonn Holmes
Performed By : Eamonn Holmes
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
3 hours 20 minutes
Type : TV & Film
Autobiography
Biographical
Journalism
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Author : Alan Bennett
Performed By : Alan Bennett
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
2 hours 35 minutes
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Biographical
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Author : Tatum O'Neal
Performed By : Tatum O'Neal
Published By : Harper Collins US
6 hours
Type : Autobiography
TV & Film
Women
Rich & Famous
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Author : Sandy Weill & Judah S Kraushaar
Performed By : Harry Chase
Published By : Hachette Audio
6 hours 30 minutes
Type : Autobiography
Business
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Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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