I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic ob…

Bill Bryson
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I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family. ✨ Travels with a super hero. Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2006.
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I just use my life story as a kind of device on which to hang comic observations. It's not my interest or instinct to tell the world anything pertinent about myself or my family. ✨ Travels with a super hero. Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2006.

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