The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir

by Bill Bryson

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Some say that the first hint that Bill Bryson was not of Planet Earth came when his mother sent him to school in lime-green Capri pants. Others think it all started with his discovery, at the age of six, of a woollen jersey of rare fineness. Across the moth-holed chest was a golden thunderbolt. It may have looked like an old college football sweater, but young Bryson knew better. It was obviously the Sacred Jersey of Zap, and proved that he had been placed with this innocuous family in the middle of America to fly, become invisible, shoot guns...Read more
  • ISBN10 0739346598
  • ISBN13 9780739346594
  • Publish Date 17 October 2006 (first published 1 September 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Books on Tape
  • Format Audiobook
  • Language English