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  • Footnotes from a Small Island
  • Written by: Ben Aitken
  • Narrated by: Ben Aitken
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins

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Dear Bill Bryson

Written by: Ben Aitken
Narrated by: Ben Aitken
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Publisher's Summary

An irreverent homage to the '95 travel classic, from the author of The Gran Tour.

In 2013, travel writer Ben Aitken decided to follow in the footsteps of his hero - literally - and started a journey around the UK, tracing the trip taken by Bill Bryon in his classic tribute to the British Isles, Notes from a Small Island.

Staying at the same hotels, ordering the same food and even spending the same amount of time in the bath, Aitken's homage - updated and with a new preface for 2022 - is filled with wit, insight and humour.

©2022 Ben Aitken (P)2022 W F Howes

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"It would be wrong to view this book as just a highly accomplished homage to a personal hero. Aitken's politics, as much as his humour, are firmly in the spotlight, and Dear Bill Bryson achieves more than its title (possibly even its author) intended." (Manchester Review)

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