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Book Reviews - Jon Stewart, Bill Bryson December 1999
Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
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Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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essays/short stories, humourous
176 pages, ISBN: 0688171621
Review scribbled down on the 7th of December 1999
I rate this book 8/10: **********
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17 essays/short stories by Jon Stewart. Many of them involves real persons, for example;
The Devil and Bill Gates, the unknown correspondence between Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, Adolf Hitler appearing on Larry Kings' show and the lost notebook of Leonardo da Vinci. Many of these stories will make you laugh out loud, they are so twisted!
If you want to get peoples attention, read this book on the subway, and when you starts chuckling, people will look in your direction and spot the excellent title of the book and definitely make the wrong conclusions.
Jon Stewart has been seen in the films Big Daddy, Playing by Heart and The Faculty. He has appeared in different tv-shows, and been the host for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
travel/biography
351 pages, ISBN: 0552996009
Review scribbled down on the 29th of December 1999
I rate this book 8/10: **********
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Highly amusing. When I was stranded at an airport in Oslo waiting for a delayed plane, this book was a lifesaver.
Bill Bryson in an American journalist that has been living in UK for many years. When he and his family decided to move to USA, he made a last journey around Britain, and scribbled down this book about the journey.
The book is really funny and is loaded with comments about life in general and Britain and British people in particular.
Brysons' slightly cynical view on things is really amusing, and he manages to find those little details that we all think about. Since the book contains of many small stories, it is ideal to bring on your busride to/from work. I shall now dig into "Notes from a Big country".
See also these humourous books about travels:
My review of Lonely Planet Unpacked
My review of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Big Country
Index of all reviews
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