A hilarious, fully illustrated, madcap book published to coincide with Rowan Atkinson's new Mr. Bean movie, which releases September 28. England is wet, and Mr. Bean is fed up. He dashes off a note to the queen to let her know he won't be available to chat for a few days, indulges in a few fantasy drawings of himself as a tanned man in swimwear, and sets off for the south of France. Mr. Bean has a new video camera (although he had intended to buy a kettle) and records every detail of his journey, culminating in his trip the Cannes Film Festival, where the results of his home video--the Mr. Bean movie--are being screened. But we are doubly blessed: Mr. Bean has also turned his hand to travel writing. On his way back to England, he develops his own rating system (a range of Post-it notes saying everything from excellent to a pile of poo), and stickers everything in sight. For our edification, his scrapbook also includes souvenirs, menus, sugar wrappers, postcards and photographs that he has collected en route. Not merely a tie-in but a stand-alone humor book, Mr. Bean's holiday journal is so useful, you won't even need to go to France. |