{"product_id":"the-road-to-little-dribbling-9780552779838","title":"The Road to Little Dribbling : More Notes from a Small Island","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Bryson's The Road to Little Dribbling 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\u003cp\u003eTwo decades ago saw the publication of Notes from A Small Island , 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, The Road to Little Dribbling 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\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bill Bryson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBritish Isles, Humour, Travel writing\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 Apr 2016 by Transworld Publishers Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bill Bryson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320823587194,"sku":"9780552779838","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780552779838.jpg?v=1790662988","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-road-to-little-dribbling-9780552779838","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}