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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid written by Bill Bryson performed by Bill Bryson on Audio CD (Abridged)

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Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and...

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid - A Memoir written by Bill Bryson performed by Bill Bryson on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN:  9781846071072
Genre - Main:  Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific:  Autobiography
Duration:  450 mins
Length:  Unabridged
Author:  Bill Bryson
Performer 1:  Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson’s first travel book opened with the immortal line, ‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.’

In this deeply funny and personal memoir, he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was, in the curious world of 1950s Middle America. It was a happy time, when almost everything was good for you, including DDT, cigarettes and nuclear fallout. This is a book about one boy’s growing up. But in Bryson’s hands, it becomes everyone’s story, one that will speak volumes – especially to anyone who has ever been young.

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