Dear Bill Bryson

p>The first book from Ben Aitken- author of the acclaimed em>The Gran Tour/em> and em>A Chip Shop in Poznan/em>- republished with a new preface./p>p>''Aitken rivals Alan Bennett in the ear he has for an eavesdropped remark ... boy, can he write.'' - em>Daily Mail/em>./p>

About the author

Ben Aitken was born under Thatcher, grew to 6ft then stopped, and is an Aquarius. He was conceived by a nurse and a shipwright, grew up in Portsmouth and was in a boyband for a spell in the noughties, then worked as a carer throughout his twenties. He is the author of six books: Dear Bill Bryson, A Chip Shop in Poznan (a Times bestseller), The Gran Tour ('Both moving and hilarious', Spectator), The Marmalade Diaries, Here Comes the Fun and Shitty Breaks. He writes for The Guardian and The Times, was the TCG Travel Journalist of the Year in 2024, and is an occasional lecturer at the University of Portsmouth.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Aitken
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781785788253
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-825-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; HUMOR / Form / Parodies, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary, HUMOR / Topic / Travel