{"product_id":"the-lost-continent-bill-bryson","title":"The Lost Continent- Bill Bryson","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Used-Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to’And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn’t hold him, but it did lure him back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter ten years in England, he returned to the land of his youth, and drove almost 14,000 miles in search of a mythical small town called Amalgam, the kind of trim and sunny place where the films of his youth were set. Instead, his search led him to Anywhere, USA; a lookalike strip of gas stations, motels and hamburger outlets populated by lookalike people with a penchant for synthetic fibres. He discovered a continent that was doubly lost; lost to itself because blighted by greed, pollution, mobile homes and television; lost to him because he had become a stranger in his own land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBryson’s acclaimed first success, The Lost Continent is a classic of travel literature – hilariously, stomach-achingly, funny, yet tinged with heartache – and the book that first staked Bill Bryson’s claim as the most beloved writer of his generation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foster’s Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63802906870137,"sku":null,"price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/9085\/0681\/files\/IMG-5857.heic?v=1781871051","url":"https:\/\/fostersbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-continent-bill-bryson","provider":"Foster’s Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}