![]() ![]() Looking back, it's easy to see why Notes was such a hit. After skewering a British population known for its self-seriousness, Bryson has somehow become part of the national establishment. ![]() ![]() Today, he gets flashy university appointments and fawning media profiles. He has become a beloved figure in his adopted country, one of the rare foreigners to be named to the Order of the British Empire. While it's easy to imagine the offences a Yankee might cause when writing about another country's national character, Bryson was warmly, wholeheartedly embraced. In Notes from a Small Island, the Iowa-born writer catalogued the annoyances and mediocrities of British life from a jaundiced, American perspective. Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson pulled off an incredible trick. ![]()
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