{"product_id":"the-road-to-little-dribbling-bill-bryson","title":"The Road to Little Dribbling - Bill Bryson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the things that happens when you get older is that you discover lots of new ways to hurt yourself. Recently, in France, I was hit square on the head by an automatic parking barrier, something I don’t think I could have managed in my younger, more alert years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Bryson's \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Little Dribbling\u003c\/em\u003e marks the return of the world’s favourite anglophile to his beloved Britain, and the result is a still properly-funny, and sometimes withering, summary of where we are today. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo decades ago saw the publication of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/notes-from-a-small-island\/bill-bryson\/9781784161194\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes from A Small Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Bryson's often-ascerbic and sporadically baffled gazeteer of our fair isle; his humour and evident love for Britain found a legion of fans, with Waterstones in particular providing a certain kinship for Des Moines' most famous son. Now many, many shop events and a number of equally-superb books later,\u003cem\u003e The Road to Little Dribbling\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us of just how clear-eyed his vision is: there's much humour here, but it's a humour laced with a certain quiet truth that Blighty has undergone massive change - and not all necessarily to the good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a journey that takes us from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath (by way of a myriad of other destinations, largely as yet unobserved by the gimlet-eyed Bryson), we are served with his unequalled delight in obscure fact and ability to cast a new light on the deeply familiar, presenting a version of Britain that is at once revealing and strangely compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paper People Books and Games - Pateley Bridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55010490548561,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/9346\/2097\/files\/IMG-1553.jpg?v=1789810866","url":"https:\/\/paper-people.co.uk\/products\/the-road-to-little-dribbling-bill-bryson","provider":"Paper People Books and Games - Pateley Bridge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}