The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid
Travels Through my Childhood
$28.08
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2016
Summary
From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.
Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around the house wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784161811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784161810 |
| Author: | Bill Bryson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2016 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Bryson |
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Critics Review
Seriously funny
A wittily incisive book about innocence, and its limits, but in no sense an innocent book… Like Alan Bennett, another ironist posing as a sentimentalist, Bryson can play the teddy-bear and then deliver a sudden, grizzly-style swipe… might tell us as much about the oddities of the American way as a dozen think-tanks – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *A funny, effortlessly readable, quietly enchanted memoir… Bryson also provides a quirky social history of America… he always manages to slam on the brakes with a good joke just when things might get sentimental * Daily Mail *Characteristic mixture of bemused wit, acerbic astonishment and sweet benevolence… Evocation of an era is near perfect: tender, hilarious and true * The Times *Outlandishly and improbably entertaining… inevitably [I] would be reduced to body-racking, tear-inducing, de-couching laughter * The New York Times *Seriously funny * The Sunday Times *Hilarious… not your typical travel writer * Sunday Telegraph *Funny, wise, learned and compulsive * GQ *Not only hilarious but also insightful and informative * Independent on Sunday *Always witty and sometimes hilarious… wonderfully funny and touching * Literary Review *
About The Author
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1951. His bestselling books include The Road to Little Dribbling, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, One Summer and The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In a national poll, Notes from a Small Island was voted the book that best represents Britain. His acclaimed work of popular science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, won the Aventis Prize and the Descartes Prize, and is the biggest selling non-fiction book of the 21st century. The Body- A Guide for Occupants was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and is an international bestseller. Bill Bryson was Chancellor of Durham University 2005-2011. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in England.
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