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The popular British comic celebrity recounts his visits to all fifty of the United States, where he experienced diverse regional cultures ranging from Hollywood and Silicon Valley to Wall Street and the Deep South.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The <?xml:namespace prefix="U1"?><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:country-region>UK</st1:country-region></st1:country-region></u1:country-region>’s favorite funnyman offers a hilarious and insightful grand tour of these fifty states in <em>Stephen Fry in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u1:country-region u2:st="on"><u1:place u2:st="on">America</u1:place></u1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region>. </em>In this full-color companion volume to his miniseries on public television, Fry<em> </em>lovingly delves into each region and subculture with the spirit of an anthropologist and the wit of a master satirist. The Emmy Award-winning (for his special <em>The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive</em>) comedian whom the <em>Guardian </em><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">(London) </span>dubbed “a treasure of the British Empire,” Fry joins the ranks of other humorists who have previously provided uniquely British takes on contemporary American life—including Michael Palin and Eric Idle of Monty Python—not to mention <em>New York Times </em>bestselling expatriate Bill Bryson. Warmhearted, eye-opening, and very, very funny <em>Stephen Fry in America </em>is a journey that is not to be missed.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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