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THE LOST CONTINENT
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| By: |
Bill Bryson, Kerry Shale |
| Format: |
CD-Audio |
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£13.25 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0563494336 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780563494331 |
| Publisher: |
BBC AUDIO, A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE |
| Pub. date: |
2 June, 2003 |
| Edition: |
A&M |
| Description: |
Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But Bill Bryson did, and after ten years in England he decided to go home - to a foreign country. In an ageing Chevrolet, he drove nearly 14,000 miles through 38 states to compile this hilarious state-of-the-nation report on small-town America. |
| Synopsis: |
Hardly anyone ever leaves Des Moines, Iowa. But 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. This is a wickedly witty and savagely funny assessment of a country lost to itself - and to him. Travel through small-town America with Kerry Shale's popular BBC Radio 4 reading of Bill Bryson's comic novel. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
BBC Physical Audio |
| Returns: |
Returnable |