Have We Read the Last Bill Bryson Travel Book?

Best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson has received rave reviews for his latest work, a science book called A Short History of Nearly Everything. (Short, in this case, meaning 544 pages.) According to a recent interview with The Guardian’s Oliver Burkeman, his interest in writing non-travel books isn’t just a passing fancy. “I don’t know how I could sit down and write another passage about being presented with a disappointing plate of food,” he says, “because I’ve done that so many times.” Burkeman’s take on Bryson’s situation: “You can’t help thinking ... that [he] was growing uneasy in his role as everybody’s favourite travelling uncle, and chose a new direction in order to establish himself as a more dispassionate, authoritative voice.”

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