Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe Book

Bill Bryson's first travel book The Lost Continent was unanimously acclaimed as one of the funniest books in years. In Neither here Nor there he brings his unique brand of humour to bear on Europe as he shoulders his backpack keeps a tight hold on his wallet and journeys from Hamemrfest the northernmost town on the continent to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. Fluent in oh at least one language he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before. Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris being robbed by gypsies in Florence attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn or disputing his hotel bill in Copenhagen Bryson takes in the sights dissects the culture and illuminates each place and person with his hilariously caustic observations. He even goes to Liechtenstein.

Whether braving the homicidal motorists of Paris, being robbed by gypsies in Florence, attempting not to order tripe and eyeballs in a German restaurant or window-shopping in the sex shops of the Reeperbahn, the author takes in the sights...