Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, be began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as found in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.
|