


Twenty years after his affectionate paean to the Britain he fell in love with (and married into), Bryson travels the country again, only to find that - surprise, surprise - it has changed.ĭon't get me wrong - Bryson loves Britain.

In Britain, Bryson's adopted home, his most popular book is "Notes From a Small Island," which sold like hot teacakes and was once voted "the book that best represents England" in a readers' poll. "A Walk in the Woods" may not have been a particularly good movie, but it was a rather good book, and it remains Bryson's bestselling work in America. Plenty of authors have had their books adapted into movies, but only one has been played by Robert Redford - and that's dear old Bill Bryson, with his frumpy tweed jackets and owlish spectacles.
