Reviews and Comments

This book takes the reader across so many states of US in particular over small towns. Even through this book describes the travels in small towns of America more than two decades ago, still I enjoyed the ride. Most of the times, Bryson writes in a humorous tone however there were times where he was serious about what he was saying. At the end of the journey, not only him but I also felt like I'm going to miss this long journey when he reach his home town in Iowa. As a conclusion, I think I will read more books from Bill Bryson with the impression I got from this first book.

A really important book that revealed the life and work of the best foreign minister we ever had.

While giving the book all its merits, I do have a feeling that it could have been much more better. The overall organisation of content of the book needs to be improved. At many time, I felt that the story line is a bit disorganised, jumping here and there. There are big chunks of quotations after quotations which could have been reduced by the author putting her own narrative foremost. A book of this nature needs the service of an experienced editor, which can be the weak point in this book.

Anyway, in overall, I'm glad that I read it and grateful to the author for creating this broad coverage of Mr. Kadirgamar.