The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid [sound recording] / Bill Bryson.

New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, p2006.

6 sound discs (7 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck, vanquishing evildoers--in his head--as "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using his fantasy-life persona as a springboard, Bryson re-creates the life of his family in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--a life at once familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy.

English

June 29, 2012

Executive producer, Sherry Huber ; producer, Stuart Owen.

Read by the author.

RHCD 1012 Random House Audio