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Neither Here nor There

Travels in Europe

Bill Bryson

Ages 13–18

Readers rate it 3.5 (144 on Hardcover)

256 pages · Released Apr 6, 1999

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This is an adult travel memoir with humor that relies on satirical observations about European culture and human quirks. While the content is generally light and comedic, Bryson's trademark caustic humor includes occasional crude jokes, references to red-light districts, and mentions of petty crime. The book is witty and informative about European geography and culture, but the humor and casual references are better suited to older teens than younger ones.

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Bill Bryson's second, achingly funny book, retracing his own steps as a student backpacking through Europe, twenty years later.Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on E... Bill Bryson's second, achingly funny book, retracing his own steps as a student backpacking through Europe, twenty years later.Bill Bryson's first travel book, The Lost Continent, was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet, and journeys from Hamemrfest, 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, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant, window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen, Bryson takes in the sights, dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.

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