Paperback, 581 pages
English language
Published Oct. 12, 2011 by Anchor Books.
With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted. As he takes us through the history of our modern comforts, Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world eventually ends up in our home, in the paint, the pipes, the pillows, and every item of furniture. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and his sheer prose fluency makes At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life. (back cover)
Absolutely excellent. Filled to bursting with interesting facts, and with just enough narrative tone to make these otherwise unrelated facts hang together, though constraining the chapters to the various rooms of the house proved almost too restrictive a device for a book so dense with trivia.
