Title: Contrived, sneering, and worst of all, unfunny
Product review: I've never found Bryson as funny as my British friends do, but this book is his worst yet. The "humor" felt contrived and his experiences were obviously exaggerated, if not made up from whole cloth. I heard Bryson on PBS awhile back, with his phoney accent and fawning manner in full flow. Bryson is that most loathesome of creatures: the sycophantic, Anglophilic American. I think Mr."I've always wanted to be a European" Bryson should pack it back to Yorkshire, where his Uncle Tom act is undoubtedly more appreciated.
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