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Bill Bryson is like the Abba of books. Everyone, your granny and your kid's teacher and your babysitter, and your mum's friends, everybody has a couple they really like and they probably have Bill Bryson's Greatest Hits on the cd shelf too. Safest present to give to someone you know very little about : a Bill Bryson book. Oh, everyone loves him Didn't he do Dancing Queen? We danced to Notes from a Small Island at our wedding. Oh did you - A Short History of Nearly Everything was "our book". I'm in the middle of reading Knowing Me Knowing You (A Ha!) - they're so funny. And those two Bills they've got singing, well, I really fancy the blonde one. So if you get my hand in a vice and start turning the handle then I'll admit between gritted teeth that Bill can write some tuneful melodies and Abba are occasionally amusing. There. Now can I have my hand back.gimme gimme gimme something bland after midnight Now... you may think I'm joking but look here: