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Notes From A Small Island
(Bill Bryson)

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Bill Bryson offers the reader a humourous tour of the green
and pleasent land in which I inhabit. He takes stock of all
the funny little eccentries of our tiny island such as why
we enjoy the taste of marmite so much. I mean, its basically
black goo with a yeasty taste in a jar. Other items, people
and places he takes note of are a mental institution in a
non descript part of London. It is heartwarming to learn
that this institution is where he met his future wife (he
happened to be employed there as a junior member of staff).
Throughout the book, he meanders his way along the south
coast, staying in (of particular interest to me seeing as I
live nearby,) Bournmouth. His lively accounts are extremely
accurate as I have visted Bournmouth myself and seen in my
own eyes the splendid hotels that dominate the landscape.
Other accurate observations are the shell suited bloaters
that frequent Calais to buy, of all the things that you
would associate with such persons, posh little rounds of
goats cheese. His relationship with his surroundings are
humourous, from a run in with a polite owner of a hotel at
9:00 at night in which he throws a tantrum because the hotel
is already locked for the night, to the press office where
he observed an old gentleman who did nothing the whole time
he was there except shuffle to open the window every now and
again. I also find it curious to note that here is an author
who willingly squanders his savings at a seedy amusement
arcade.



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