Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

I almost peed my pants laughing numerous times.

This is a hilarious book, he somehow is able to make life in the 50's, sad, funny, ironic. Fun author, want to read more of his books for certain.

Another hilarious book from Bill Bryson. This memoir recounts his experiences growing up in Iowa in the 1950s. It's packed with ridiculous antics and characters (like Lumpy Kowalski, who poops himself on a daily basis). But aside from Bryson's childhood memories, it's also a history of the Golden Age of America. An excellent, funny, and surprisingly informational read (as...more

Another hilarious book from Bill Bryson. This memoir recounts his experiences growing up in Iowa in the 1950s. It's packed with ridiculous antics and characters (like Lumpy Kowalski, who poops himself on a daily basis). But aside from Bryson's childhood memories, it's also a history of the Golden Age of America. An excellent, funny, and surprisingly informational read (as is all Bryson's work).   hide

This author was nine years old in 1960. His report on childhood in the fities was fiction. It also mixed fact with gross exaggeration. It did not make me laugh as I had hoped it would.