Monday, July 19, 2021

Book review: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID by Bill Bryson

 

Book review:

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID (2006) by Bill Bryson

This is Bryson's memoirs of his childhood in the 1950s and 60s. A happy time, it seems.

The narrative is packed with anecdotes about friends, games, pastimes, places and various characters.

What I like most about this book - apart from how it made me laugh and smile a lot - is that Bryson writes mostly from the perspective of his childhood self. For example, a whole amusing chapter describes the types of candy he ate in the Fifties.

A lovely, humorous read.
(Also recommended: Bill Bryson's MADE IN AMERICA.)

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