Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe

‘Hugely funny (not snigger-snigger funny, but great-big-belly-laugh-till-you-cry funny)’Daily TelegraphBill Bryson’s first travel book,The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. InNeither Here nor There he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backback, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the continent, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in, oh, at least one language, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before.Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attemptingnot to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant or window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.‘Undoubtedly the most enjoyable travel book of the year’Time Out‘A breezy and entertaining account of what it is like to be utterly at sea in a continent most of his readers will regard as familiar’Independent on Sunday9780552998062£8.99ebook and audio availablewww.billbryson.co.ukBiographie de l'auteurBill Bryson is much loved for his bestselling travel books, fromThe Lost Continent toDown Under, butNotes from a Small Island has earned a particularly special place in the nation's heart (a national poll for World Book Day in 2003 voted it the book that best represents Britain). His acclaimedA Short History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize for Science Books and the Descartes Science Communication Prize. He has now returned to live in the UK with his wife and family.www.billbryson.co.uk