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William Roberts

William Roberts is an American actor whose credits include stage, television, radio, film and voice work. He spent five years as actor/director with the Oregon Shakespearean Festival before moving to Britain and becoming a member of the British Actors’ Equity Association. A broadly experienced actor and voice artiste, Roberts is a frequent reader of American works on BBC Radio and for various audio publishers. He has also appeared on film and TV including Behind Closed Doors, Cold Mountain and Inspector Morse.

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Title:

Notes From a Big Country

Written by:

Bill Bryson 

Read by:

William Roberts 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

8 

Duration:

9 hours 21 minutes 

Published:

November 28 2016 

Available Date:

November 28 2016 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781489365408 

Genres:

Non-fiction; America; Autobiography; Travel Writing 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Audible audio 

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AUD$ 39.95

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'One of his best books.'
The Independent

Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest of phenomena – the American way of life.

From perfectly formed potatoes to adulterous US presidents, and from domestic upsets to millennial fever, Bill Bryson just cannot resist airing his opinions and standing up for his (mostly) law-abiding fellow American citizens. But of course after twenty years in England, he is now back on the other side of the pond, and is obviously having a little trouble finding his true American self again. After vigorous exercise on the Appalachian Trail comes this edited collection of Bryson’s most splenetic comic pieces culled from his humorous regular column in the Mail on Sunday.

'Delightful bite-size essays that exude affection while debunking the ridiculous with wonderful succinctness ... This is not a book to be read in a single sitting. It is one to be savoured.'
The Times

'Bryson is great when explaining the idiosyncracies of America to middle England and making it funny... He is both serious and contemptuously funny.'
The Guardian