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A review by bill_chamberlin
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America by Bill Bryson
3.0
Like the author, I have finished this long, strange trip. What started outlaw amusing, got tedious and tiresome at the end, I suppose much like any extended road trip/vacation/holiday. Parts were good natured fun, parts were amusingly accurate (even after 30 years), parts were just downright mean, and parts were a bit snobbish, but all in all an interesting read.
It seemed odd that Bryson spent 200 pages to cover "East," then only the final 100 to cover "West," but Perhaps because the West is more spread out, or because the manuscript deadline was looming, or because the author had gotten bored with the premise of the book/trip?
Glad I read it, but not sure if I will jump right into any other Bryson works.
It seemed odd that Bryson spent 200 pages to cover "East," then only the final 100 to cover "West," but Perhaps because the West is more spread out, or because the manuscript deadline was looming, or because the author had gotten bored with the premise of the book/trip?
Glad I read it, but not sure if I will jump right into any other Bryson works.