Friends Like These
My Worldwide Quest to Find My Best Childhood Friends, Knock on Their Doors, and Ask Them to Come Out and Play
Danny Wallace has
friends. He has a wife and goes to brunch, and his new house has a couch with
throw pillows. But as he nears 30, he can't help wondering about his best
childhood friends, whose names he finds in a long-forgotten address book. Where
are they now-and where, really, is he?
Acting on an impulse
we've all had at least once, he travels from London to Berlin, Tokyo,
Australia, and California, risking rejection and ridicule to show up on his old
pals' doorsteps. Memories of his 1980s childhood-from Michael Jackson to Ghostbusters-overwhelm him as he meets former buddies who have blossomed into
rappers and ninjas, time-traveling pioneers, mediocre restaurant managers, and
even Fijian royalty.
Danny's attempt to
re-befriend them all gives remarkable new resonance to the age-old mantra,
"friends forever!"
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Format: Hardcover Book
Price: $24.99 US/$29.99 CAN
ISBN-13: 9780316042772
On Sale Date: 09/02/2009
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Formats Available: Hardcover Book, Electronic Book
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Danny Wallace has
friends. He has a wife and goes to brunch, and his new house has a couch with
throw pillows. But as he nears 30, he can't help wondering about his best
childhood friends, whose names he finds in a long-forgotten address book. Where
are they now-and where, really, is he?
Acting on an impulse
we've all had at least once, he travels from London to Berlin, Tokyo,
Australia, and California, risking rejection and ridicule to show up on his old
pals' doorsteps. Memories of his 1980s childhood-from Michael Jackson to Ghostbusters-overwhelm him as he meets former buddies who have blossomed into
rappers and ninjas, time-traveling pioneers, mediocre restaurant managers, and
even Fijian royalty.
Danny's attempt to
re-befriend them all gives remarkable new resonance to the age-old mantra,
"friends forever!"
Danny Wallace is the author of The Yes Man, now a film starring Jim Carrey. He has hosted various television shows and starred in BBC documentaries. Currently, he has a weekly radio show on XFM in London, and three of his books have been bestsellers in the UK.
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Friends Like These by Danny Wallace
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PRAISE FOR FRIENDS LIKE THESE:"Hilarious and genuinely touching." (Heat magazine (UK)).
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Product Details
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Price: $24.99 US/$29.99 CAN
- Pages: 416
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- ISBN-13: 9780316042772
- On Sale Date: 09/02/2009
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $24.99
- Pages: 416
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- ISBN-13: 9780316042772
- On Sale Date: 09/02/2009
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $11.99
- ISBN-13: 9780316081993
- On Sale Date: 09/02/2009
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