Stephen Fry in America

£20.00

SIGNED COPIES! Stephen Fry has always loved America, in fact he came very close to being born there. Now his fascination for the country and its people has seen him embark on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 50 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation. Fry's account of his adventures is told in "Stephen Fry in America".

In this beautifully illustrated book that accompanies the six-part BBC1 series of the same name to be screened this autumn, Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Starting from the eastern seaboard, and stopping in every state from Maine to Hawaii, Fry zig-zags across the country talking to its hospitable citizens, listening to its music, visiting its landmarks, viewing small-town life and America's breath-taking landscapes - following wherever his curiosity leads him.

En route he discovers the South Side of Chicago with blues legend Buddy Guy, catches up with Morgan Freeman in Mississippi, strides around with Ted Turner on his Montana ranch, and marches with Zulus in New Orleans' Mardi Gras. He drums with the Sioux Nation in South Dakota, joins a Georgia family for thanksgiving, 'picks' with Bluegrass hillbillies, and finds himself in a Tennessee garden full of dead bodies.

Whether in a club for failed gangsters or celebrating Halloween in Salem, Fry is welcomed by the people of America - mayors, sheriffs, newspaper editors, park rangers, teachers and hobos - bringing to life the oddities and splendours of each locale.

A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, "Stephen Fry in America" is Fry’s homage to an extraordinary country, written with his customary warmth and humour.

To see some of the things Stephen got up to in America, take a look at the list he wrote for us.