Join Me
Author(s): Danny Wallace
From the co-author of Are You Dave Gorman? The true story of a man who started a cult by accident. WANTED: 100 people to live in my new world order. A perfect utopia of our own design. No riff-raff, convicts or bongos. Please note: no space travel will be involved in this project. Cult-seekers need not apply. If still interested, go to www.join-me.co.uk to sign up. In one of the most original books of the year, Danny Wallace, award-winning journalist, and co-author of Are You Dave Gorman?, places an advert on the internet and waits- Inspired by stories of his great uncle Gallus and his failed attempts to set up a commune in post-war Switzerland, Danny tries to do the same and this time succeed. He will travel anywhere, meet anyone. And he'll take it very, very seriously. Join Me is the magnificent story of his attempt to recruit 100 people to create a perfect world. But what will that be? Where will they live? Will they have rules? Will they agree on anything? Is one man's Heaven another man's Hell? This modern take on Utopia, will say a million things about the world in which we live. And if you've read Are You Dave Gorman? you'll know that it will be very ,very funny. "Extremely enjoyable...one cannot help wondering whether he has stumbled upon the future shape of spirituality" Daily Telegraph
General Information
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- : ebury
- : ebury
- : 0.272
- : 03 June 2004
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Danny Wallace
- : Paperback
- : 804
- : 306.1
- : 397
- : illustrations
More About The Product
'The hilarious true story of a bunch of strangers being swept up in a bored man's experiment' Heat
'One of the funniest stories you will ever read', Daily Mail .'The hilarious true story of a bunch of strangers being swept up in a bored man's experiment', Heat
Award-winning journalist and producer Danny writes for many publications, including The Independent and The Guardian. Part of the original team behind the British Comedy Award-winning Dead Ringers, also produced the acclaimed cult hit The Boosh, for Radio 4. BBC America recently and bizarrely dubbed him 'one of Britain's most respected journalists', but they were clearly mistaken. He's 25, and lives in an old match factory in Bow.
