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Bill Bryson's Afri...

	Bill Bryson's African Diary Bill Bryson Broadway, 2002 - 64 pages average customer review:based on 54 reviews view larger image
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meurig

you should have informed me that it was a contribution to a charity. However, having seen the reason,I have no objection to the donation that mr Bryson and myself have made. If the book had been 200 or more pages ,I would have happily paid twice or three times the price. When is his next book available?

Bryson Helps Out CARE

This small book tells the story of Bill Bryson's journey to Africa on behalf of CARE. All proceeds from the book are donated to CARE. Bryson tells how his childhood images of Africa derived primarily from television and movies fit with reality. He witnesses the extreme poverty but warm openness of the African people. This is a very brief book with both funny and touching scenese. And it's for a good cause.

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Bryson in Africa - fair but too short

Bryson visits Africa at the request of CARE and sees many of the tragedies and horrors there - and the opulence that lives along side it. Thrown in is some typical Bryson humor, but it is tempered by the subject matter and the brevity of the book (49 pages!) but it was a charitable project and you can't expect a full length novel in such a circumstance. Thanks for the insight Bryson!

Light on Bryson-ian humor

I enjoyed this book, despite its short length. I have to give kudos to any author who writes a book with the sole intent of helping others. (The proceeds from this book go to CARE). That said, it was not filled with Bill Bryson's usual make-me-snort-milk-out-my-nose humor. I suspect that perhaps there is not very much to laugh about on a continent that is experiencing the worst AIDS epidemic in the world along with droughts, famine, and civil war in various places. Despite all its heaviness, there is an occasional ray of sunshine peeking through in the form of the lovely photos of the people and places Bill Bryson saw while he was there.

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