Not fiction, but a series of articles that Clarkson wrote for The Sunday Times over a couple of years, which have been gathered together into a collection. On screen, in programmes like Top Gear and Have I Got News For You, Jeremy Clarkson is a very funny man. Not a comedian, but possessed of a [...]
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May 12, 2008
‘The Lost Continent’ by Bill Bryson
Well, this was fun! Many of the travel books I’ve read have been about far-flung exotic locations and although fascinating, have felt rather remote. But Bill Bryson has the knack of writing about ordinary, everyday sorts of places and still making them interesting or presenting them in a new light.
In this, he describes his travels [...]
