Stephen Fry in America
April 19, 2010 10:57 am Book ReviewsI know quite a few people who don’t much care for Stephen Fry, but I think he’s fantastic. I do think that playing Scrabble whilst having QI on in the background should officially be called cheating.
However, for those who like him as I do, reading the Literary counterpart to his hit Stephen Fry in America series, was quite an eye opener. With phrases like “I already look seven shades of twat, what else can they possibly do?” it is Stephen, through and through.
I learned plenty about the good old U S of A, and facts about states and cities that I had never comprehended.
If you have seen the TV series, and quite liked it – or haven’t seen the series – read the book. Sectioned into relatively small chapters, one on each state, it is an easy to get through, light hearted, tongue in cheek account of different peoples, cultures and traditions, all of which seem strikingly familiar, and yet so alien. It is quite bizarre.