Brysonesque

English

Etymology

Bryson +‎ -esque

Adjective

Brysonesque (comparative more Brysonesque, superlative most Brysonesque)

1. Characteristic of William McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 1951), Anglo-American author of light-hearted travelogues.
   • 2000, Angelia Wilson, Below the Belt: Religion, Sexuality and Politics in the Rural South:

     So while during the writing process, I described my task as somewhat Brysonesque, it is a journey through Southern culture rather than a more conventional traveler's guide. Because, unlike Bryson, I actually got out of my car and chatted with folk.

   • 2005, The Cornish Overseas: A History of Cornwall's 'great Emigration':

     This new symbiosis was also observable in more serious Cornish literature, for example in Alan M. Kent's Cousin Jack's Mouth Organ, which is a Brysonesque journey across Cornish-America […]

   • 2008, Tim Bowden, Down Under in the Top End: Penelope heads north, page 11:

     There were signs warning about leeches, so we tried to explain to Cappucine what they were, but stopped when she seemed alarmed by yet another Brysonesque Australian hazard for unwary travellers.