Before reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, let’s have a look at who the author is.
1 Look up who Bill Bryson is online.
1a What is his full name?
1b When and where was he born?
1c What type of books has he written?
2 Some of his best-known books are Notes from a Small Island, A Short History or Nearly Everything, A Walk in the Woods and The Mother Tongue.
2a Look up these titles. What are these books about?
2b Would you like to read any of these books? Why (not)?