 Cover of 2002 Doubleday hardback edition | |
| Author | Bill Bryson |
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| Illustrator | Neil Gower |
| Subject | Kenya |
| Genre | Travel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 2002 |
| Pages | 63 |
| ISBN | 0-7679-1506-2 |
| Preceded by | Down Under |
| Followed by | A Short History of Nearly Everything |
Bill Bryson's African Diary is a 2002 book by bestselling travel writer Bill Bryson. The book details a trip Bryson took to Kenya in 2002. Bryson describes his experiences there and observations about Kenyan culture, geography, and politics, as well as his visits to poverty-fighting projects run by CARE International, to which he donated all royalties for the book.
Reception
In a review published in the Guardian, Lionel Shriver was critical of the book's length, describing it as "less a book than a pamphlet". Shriver also disliked the book's tone, "a po-faced, gee-whizz sincerity ill-suited to a writer who has made his reputation for being light and wry (and even snide) in droll travel books."
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References
- "Bill Bryson is this year's Christmas cracker | CARE International United Kingdom | One of the world's leading poverty chariti". www.careinternational.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- "Review: African Diary by Bill Bryson". TheGuardian.com. 21 December 2002.
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