The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir - Couverture souple

Young, Toby

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349118523 ISBN 13 : 9780349118529

Editeur : Abacus, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Young Toby

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When even his friends refer to him as 'a balding, bug-eyed opportunist with the looks of a beach ball, the charisma of a glove-puppet and an ego the size of a Hercules supply plane,' the odds of Toby Young scoring - in any sense - appear to be slim. But then HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS, his memoir about failing to take Manhattan, becomes an international bestseller. Now Tinseltown beckons. After receiving a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from a Hollywood producer, Toby sets his sights anew on a high-flying career, this time on the West Coast. But it doesn't take long for Toby's self-sabotaging instincts to reassert themselves. On the home front, though, things are looking up: Toby persuades his girlfriend to marry him and move to Los Angeles - but then she decides to abandon her promising legal career in order to become a full-time housewife . . . and mother.

Toby's hapless attempts to pursue a glamorous showbiz career while buried in nappies will strike a chord with all modern fathers struggling to find the right work/life balance . . . and with their exasperated wives. Failure - and fatherhood - have never been funnier.

Revue de presse :

I liked it so much I sent Toby Young an e-mail congratulating him (TELEGRAPH)

Young remains a solid comic writer with a winning awareness of his own absurdity. I couldn't put it down (TIME OUT)

If you like your reading to have a certain voyeurism, this is probably a must (OBSERVER)

Only Young could have failed so spectacularly and turned the experience into such a funny and addictively readable story (EVENING STANDARD)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0349118523
• ISBN 13: 9780349118529
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286