![]() ![]() In second place is ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’, his own history, following his experiences growing up in Des Moines in the mid-twentieth century. His ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ remains my favourite: a dizzying journey through almost the entire realm of human endeavour, encompassing historical discovery to the progress of science, with pure Brysonian insight into all the key figures who occur along the way. Much as Bryson is famed and rightly lauded for his ‘Notes From…’ series and other travelogues, my most fondly-regarded works of his are both historic, rather than geographic. The real question I find myself asking when a new book appears is ‘will this one delight me?’Īnd so when I saw that the Bard of Iowa had taken on a study of the Bard of Avon, I couldn’t have been more thrilled. Enjoyment is therefore a minimum expectation when it comes to Bryson. ![]() Some works of his I have loved more than others but I can’t say I’ve ever read anything he’s written that I haven’t enjoyed. Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Bill Bryson) ![]()
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