{"product_id":"notes-from-a-big-country-bill-bryson","title":"Notes from a Big Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText3355254258655654109\"\u003eBill Bryson has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. This became all too apparent when, after nearly two decades in England, the world's best-loved travel writer upped sticks with Mrs. Bryson, little Jimmy et al. and returned to live in the country he had left as a youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course there were things Bryson missed about Blighty but any sense of loss was countered by the joy of rediscovering some of the forgotten treasures of his childhood: the glories of a New England autumn; the pleasingly comical sight of oneself in shorts; and motel rooms where you can generally count on being awakened in the night by a piercing shriek and the sound of a female voice pleading, 'Put the gun down, Vinnie, I'll do anything you say.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena - the American way of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that this copy has fading on the spine and a small neat inscription on an inside page.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eISBN: 9780385410199\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSize: Hardcover, \u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e318 \u003c\/span\u003epages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eDoubleday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished: 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41478517457052,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/notes_2.jpg?v=1785826816","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/notes-from-a-big-country-bill-bryson","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}