Neither Here Nor There:

In the early seventies, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe--in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. He was accompanied by an unforgettable sidekick named Stephen Katz (who will be gloriously familiar to readers of Bryson's A Walk in the Woods ). Twenty years later, he decided to retrace his journey. The result is the affectionate and riotously funny Neither Here Nor There .