Title: A real teaser that only partially delivers
Product review: Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods," has an excellent premise -- it looks to be a descriptive and subjective report on the Herculean adventure of walking the Appalachian Trail. When it does that, the book is enthralling. The problem is Bryson "fills" his book with too much narcissistic reportage about what he did when he was NOT walking the Trail -- mundane stuff like examining tourist traps and sophomoric humor about his travelling companion's quest for female companionship on their trail stops.Essentially, when Bryson writes from the woods -- the journey is fascinating and enlightening -- but as soon as he hits the pavement the level of interest plummets.Bryson wants to be Dave Barry when he makes a better (although more down-to-earth) John McPhee.
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