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Stephen Fry in America
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Categories: Travel & Tourism, Travel Writing & Commentary
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Publisher's Summary
Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab.
Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies his journey for the BBC 1 series.
Stephen Fry has always loved America; in fact he came very close to being born there. Here, his fascination for the country and its people sees him embark on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 51 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation.
Starting on the eastern seaboard, Stephen zig-zags across the country in his London taxicab, talking to its hospitable citizens, listening to its music, visiting its landmarks, viewing small-town life and America's breath-taking landscapes – following wherever his curiosity leads him.
Stephen encounters unknown mayors, sheriffs, newspaper editors, park rangers, teachers and hobos, bringing to life the oddities and splendours of each locale. He discovers Oklahoma's World Cow Pat Throwing Contest, attends Independence Day Parades, cherry-pie bake-offs and visits the heartland of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota. A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, Stephen Fry in America is our author's homage to this extraordinary country.
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"Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire." (The Guardian)
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- Louise
- 06-02-2021
Travel guide with a difference
Stephen Fry could read the TV Guide and I would want to listen to it. When he narrates his own work, it is even better than when he is narrating the likes of the Harry Potter or Jeeves and Wooster series’. This is a fascinating insight into parts of America which don’t always feature in travel guides. By driving across the country, Stephen brings the listener to places which are off the beaten track. A balance of funny, observant, informative and educational.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-11-2020
fun read
Loved it. Fry is erudite, funny and open. Great read. You'll enjoy it very much.
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- David
- 27-05-2020
preparing for my trip to US now!
loved it, and Stephen's narration. Planning my trip there whilst in Covid lockdown...but which states do i cull out for my budget?
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- Hannah
- 08-11-2020
Buck up, Stephen
I normally adore Stephen fry but I found this book rushed, under-researched and insensitive.
In one part Stephen meets some Native Americans and tells the listener not to worry about calling 'them' 'First Nation' as they don't refer to themselves as such, he almost scoffs. I feel like he almost says its policitcal correctness gone mad. Stephen needs research here as 'First Nation' is what Canadian native peoples below the Arctic circle call themselves. Also the implications in the tone is that it doesn't matter what you call people but of course it does. You don't get to decide what a group of people of which you are not a member call themselves, Stephen.
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- Abby
- 25-04-2020
If you enjoyed the tv series - you’ll really enjoy this
The TV series of Stephen Fry in America was great entertainment and I was pleased to stumble across this audiobook as I hadn’t realised one had been recorded. If you are already a fan of Mr Fry then you will get everything you would expect from his work and perhaps more. Eloquently written and engagingly read by the author the book moves through the states with snippets of facts you may be familiar with and includes many personal stories of ordinary Americans highlighting what their state means to them and how life goes on all across the country. Hugely enjoyable and re-listenable I thoroughly recommend this to anyone with an interest in other countries and cultures, and also to those who just love listening to Stephen Fry’s voice!
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- Miss Sammy K Whitehouse
- 13-08-2020
Easy listening travel book
Stephen Fry is a wonderful narrator, which made this book a pleasure to listen to. I learned a few interesting facts, and chuckled and some of the stories he told and turns of phrases he used. It is a little like a memoir of his travels with a few facts about the different states rather than travel guide.
However, the description of the book says he visited various famous people along the way, like George W Bush in Texas, Arnie in California and a number of others. He may well have visited them, and perhaps these scenes were shown in the TV series he made of his travels in America, but they were not featured in the book. I was disappointed by that, but nonetheless I am glad I listened and would recommend to others who would like a nice story told by a relaxing voice.
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- Joanna
- 20-04-2020
Very Stephen
Was a great listen. The state by state chapters allowed bitesize listening, just right for daily walks
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- Anonymous User
- 30-09-2020
Too bad he ran out of states!
While the TV series may be slightly dated, these audio recollections are fantastic, classic Fry!
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- Gwilym Davies
- 29-04-2020
Pleasantly easy
I’ve have been a fan of the tv series so I thought the Audible version was worth a listen and I wasn’t wrong. With more in depth description of his experiences it made for easy listening.
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- D. Allen
- 16-01-2021
Fry says he won't be judgmental but he is
I am about 3 hours into the book but but I doubt if I can go much further. It's already obvious that Fry feels very much at home with the ultra rich - on whom he passes no judgment at all. But when it comes to more 'ordinary' people, he has both real and/or imaginary judgmental conversations with them where he is either patronizing, or correcting them for not being as bright as he thinks they should be. There is one city that he thinks would have been best slipping into the sea -with the implication that the residents, not being up to his standard, should have joined it. It wasn't San Fran.
And if you are a republican - you WILL be judged. For example, on the campaign trail, the republican candidate gave Fry full access to his team (who were very welcoming), but the democrat politician wanted nothing to do with him.. Guess which one Fry ridiculed and which he didn't judge in the slightest.
I'm not too keen on those who worship the rich largely for being rich, but let it be clear that they are merely tolerating many of the less fortunate, and can barely tolerate people with different politics.
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- Maria Groening
- 18-09-2020
amazing like always
Stephen Fry always manages to bind me to a book till the end with his voice and intonation. No matter if it is one of his own books or he is the narrator, not a minute of boredom. I'm looking forward to the next one
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- Anonymous User
- 15-06-2020
Not as good as the TV show
I don't understand why Stephen Fry needs to shoehorn in the fact that he doesn't agree with any religion just so often. It's really weird. Who cares, I want to know about the states and your experience. He comes across as quite arrogant in the book which I didn't find in the TV show at all.
That being said he has a wonderful audio book voice and there is some enjoyable and useful info in here.
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- J. M. Poulain
- 14-12-2020
More reference than narrative
A good overview of 50 states of America, there isn't really a central thread to the book which makes it feel more like a referential book (and you can, as Stephen says in the introduction, flick to any state you like) and the list of state mottos, trees, animals at the beginning of each state/chapter add to the reference style.
Whilst he does say on a couple if occasions that the best way to experience a culture it's through their food he only discusses cuisine in a few states. In addition I found it hard to empathise with Stephen when he was having a miserable time with activities that sounded like a lot of fun.
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