Bill Bryson's African Diary - Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson writes some excellent travel books and his American outlook on things is always fascinating although to be honest he is rather more open minded than many of his fellow citizens from across the Atlantic and he has an easy going style of writing that when you read his work you feel like he is in the room talking to you over a cup of tea. Published in 2002 this book tells of his experiences in Kenya as a guest of the charity organisation CARE. In fact the book itself supports the charity as all the proceeds from itssale go to the charity. Having said that it is a rather short book at only 63 pages however he still manages to both entertain ...  Read the complete review

Bill Bryson and I are very much alike. OK, he's bearded, and I'm not, he's quite a lot older than I am, considerably richer than I am, and, crucially, male. Nevertheless, we have one thing in common - we are both Americans who had spent most of their adult life in Britain, and married British people. Bryson has since returned to the States, but still writes regularly in British newspapers and for a British audience. Recently, he was asked by the charity CARE (www.care.org) (CARE works to alleviate and eradicate poverty) to mosey along to Kenya and write briefly about his what he observed. This he did, and the result is a slim volume - Bill Bryson's ...  Read the complete review