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...The Body: A Guide for Occupants, by Bill Bryson, Transworld, RRP£25/Doubleday, RRP$30 The human body, a miracle of spontaneous self-assembly, is the perfect vehicle for Bryson’s trademark humour and fact-sharing...
...Not only is there a garden and private loos but there’s the chance to rub shoulders with the likes of Bill Bryson. This year I was not speaking but I did attend as a guest of Barclays Wealth....
...If the term “B&B” conjures up for you the kind of dismal establishments that gave Bill Bryson scope for such hilarious copy in his book Notes from a Small Island, it could be time for a reappraisal....
...You could quote travel writer Bill Bryson who, after one particularly bad hotel experience, remarked that he “would sooner have bowel surgery in the woods with a stick” than return....
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