The New York Times book Review called "Notes From a Small Island", "Astute and funny...an amusing guide to the U.K.'s foibles, as well as a tribute to its enchantments". After over two decades spent on British soil, Bill Bryson decided to return to the United Stales. But before departing, he set out on a grand farewell tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. Veering from the ludicrous to the endearing and back again, "Notes From a Small, Island" is a delightfully irreverent jaunt around the unparalleled floating nation that has produced Zebra crossings, Shakespeare, Twiggie Winkie's farm, and places with names like Farleigh Wallop and Titsey. The result is an uproarious social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain, from the satiric pen of an unapologetic Anglophile.