I recently read Bill Bryson’s book, I’m a Stranger Here Myself (paid link) (check your local independent bookstore). I always learn a lot from Bryson’s books, and his style of humor really appeals to me. This book, however, goes somewhat further than others of his I’ve read.
I’m a Stranger Here Myself collects columns Bryson wrote for a British publication in which he, as a former U.S. ex pat living in England, attempts to explain his native country to his former hosts. He covers consumerism, food, holidays, computers, and many other aspects of American life that bear consideration and satire, if not ridicule.