{"product_id":"notes-from-a-big-country-journey-into-the-american-dream","title":"Notes From A Big Country: Journey into the American Dream","description":"\u003cp\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 \u003ci\u003eet al.\u003c\/i\u003e 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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 384 pages | Published March 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Swan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63956657701213,"sku":"9781784161842","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781784161842.jpg?v=1774263549","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/notes-from-a-big-country-journey-into-the-american-dream","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}