Bill Bryson had not been to America for almost twenty years - and when he returned, he realized that he was looking at his native country through the eyes of a foreigner: many things are strange, many things are unusual, and some things seem completely ridiculous. The “native foreigner’s” impressions of returning to his homeland made up a whole book, which contains everything - from nostalgia, which turned into longing for the manure-laden English countryside, to sincere admiration for the wonders of American technology that can turn the world upside down (if you understand the instructions).