Bill Bryson (born 1951) is an American author known for travel writing, popular science and humorous memoirs.

Author of bestselling books such as 'A Short History of Nearly Everything', 'Notes From A Small Island' and 'In a Sunburned Country'. Reviews emphasise his wit, sarcasm and sometimes serious reflections on historical and cultural issues.

Two reviews by Stanlio analyse Bryson's travel books with a wry, sarcastic tone. The reviews highlight his humour, geographic observations and occasional serious reflections on indigenous Australians. Both reviews give a middling rating (3/5).

For:Readers of travel writing, humor, and popular non-fiction

 “Every cultural instinct and previous experience tells you that when you travel so far away you should find, at the very least, people on camels. There should be indecipherable letters on signs and dark-skinned men in robes intent on drinking coffee from cups as big as thimbles and puffing on their hookahs, and run-down buses and potholes in the road and a real possibility of illness in everything you touch...”

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 The tone of the book is very sarcastic, both towards Americans of every social standing (including presidents from Lincoln to Reagan) and towards his own family, sparing no one as he takes aim at the tics and flaws of anyone he encounters, whether they were yellow, red, black, or white, including Mexicans and even a Danish woman (whom he considered beautiful).

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