Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson Reviews

This is a review of Neither Here nor There only; not of the dual volume with the Lost Continent, so please no comments about the Lost Continent being lost from this op.... It retails for £7.99, although you can now purchase it as mentioned in a double volume with the Lost Continent, another of Brysons works. Bill Bryson, a ...

In 1972, a young Bill Bryson came to Europe, and spent an enjoyable four months traipsing hither and thither across the continent, becoming thoroughly smitten with the countries he encountered. Such was his enjoyment, he came back the following summer accompanied by his high-school friend Stephen Katz (later to be seen in A Walk in the Woods), ...

'Neither Here nor There' is one of Bill Bryson's earlier 'travel writing' books, which this time focuses on his trip around Europe in the early nineties, visiting many of the places he went to when he came here in his early twenties. Much of what follows is very similar to many of Bryson's other novels - he visits ...

After the success of Bill Bryson's first travel book, 'The Lost Continent', he followed it up with this - another witty and informative account of a trip, in this case Europe. Readers of any of Bryson's other work will know what to expect - humour, light-hearted observations, plenty of facts and information on the places visited - ...

I bought this book because I had to read it for one of my English courses at university. At first I was a bit sceptic because I thought it was one of these boring nonfiction books. But on my way home - persuades by the nice and colourful cover - I started reading the first chapter and I was surprised. I found it very interesting and exciting ...

'Neither Here Nor There' is an account of the travels through Europe of a middle-aged Anglophile American retracing his 1972 'young American in Europe' tour. Before you switch off thinking 'this is definitely not for me', Bill Bryson is also the funniest and most honest travel writer around – he really does make you ...

One Sunday morning a few years ago, I came downstairs to the sound of tittering in the front room. On entering, I found my father sat in a chair with a copy of The Mail on Sunday's 'Night and Day' magazine, a smile on his face and chuckling at regular intervals. My father has emitted laughter easily enough at the cinema or ...

Bill Bryson has been around for years. And has a stack of novels to his name. And ….. has finally been discovered. I on the other hand have only been around for a mere 28 years, have never written a novel (several attempts though) and only discovered Mr Bryson in April of this year. In fact, it seems the whole world, or maybe just ...

„The time has come,“ the dooyooer said, „to write another book review.“ But on what? I flew out here back in June with 5 novels. Rather amazing if you consider the fact that my last time in the city required 8 books for 4 weeks. 5 for over 3 months? Impossible. I’ve already written on my favourite, ...

I cant put this guys books down these days as yet again the chubby American hits us with more travel belly laughs and descriptive narrative supreme. Where as The Lost Continent and The Walk in the Woods were an insight on his own country, Neither here nor There is a lighthearted look at Europe. He mixes his present day trip from ...

Many authors can write funny books. Books that make you laugh or snigger to yourself. Very few authors can write books that make you laugh out loud, consistently throughout the book. Bill Bryson is one of these few. Neither here nor there has Bryson retracing the path he took through through Europe 20 years previous, accompanied then ...

This book was my first taste of Bryson, and since then, like many others, I've devoured every other book he's written (except the Australia one...haven't got around to that yet). If you know his style, you'll know that he has the ability to make you laugh out loud for a very long time, and also the ability to make you think hard ...

I've read this book so many times now that I feel I know all the places Bryson visits myself. So I thought I should write an opinion on it on Dooyoo. It's funny, interesting and informative - a perfect mix. From the permanent dark and cold of Hammerfest in Norway, to the to the heat and chaos of Istanbul,this book makes me want to ...

I don't know Europe all that well but now, thanks to Bill Bryson, I think I do! Normally I don't usually buy travel books on Europe because I find them quite dry and boring but not this one. This is full of anecdotes, stories and facts that will bring a chuckle to your lips (at least) if not tears of laughter to your eyes. His ...

'Neither Here nor There' is another of Bill Bryson's hysterically funny travelogues. This time he's wandering through Europe, as he did twenty years previously as a student. Beginning in the extreme north of Scandanavia, he ventures to France, the low countries, Italy and the countries in southeast Europe, all described in his ...

In which Bill Bryson conquers Europe (except Britain, his home at the time). This is pretty much a travel journal in two parts - on one level it documents Bill Bryson travelling the continent solo as a man approaching 40, and on another it is Bill fondly (mainly) recalling his travel through Europe as a young man just out of college. As ...