Customer Reviews
Not as good .... - By: Key, 06 Nov 2008 
Pretty much disappointed with this one. Yes Man & Join Me were '5*' excellent & so I was quick to buy this latest offering but I'm pretty much disappointed. There's no doubt that there are a few gems hidden awayin here but not enough to make me want to keep turning the pages. Like another review, I too was about to give up after a couple of hundred pages but continued on. Once I finished each chapter, I just wasn't interestedin reading the next. It was a struggle with too many names of 'characters' thrown into the book to keep up with. I like a page turner & this isn't one of them. Saying that, if you just need a book to pick up & read when you have a little time to spare, then this could be just what you need.
A enjoyable way of re-connecting with old friends - By: Daniel Storey, 30 Oct 2008 
It you have read a Danny Wallace book before then this book is exactly what you would expect from him, funny, witty & enjoyable.
In 2006 Danny was about to turn 30 & was still trying to hang on to his youth, like most people do who are about to become that age.
One day he collected an old box from his parents & discovered an old address book with 12 names of his friends from his school days.
Danny decided to attempt to make contact with these 12 old friendsin all manor of ways available to him, including using the Internet, writing letters to old addresses & dressing upin a rabbit to get back at an old friend.
Danny's journey includes trips around England, Australia, America, Japan & Germany.
The resulting journey is a full of fun, joy, pain, understanding & a celebration of friendships rediscovered.
The book is very thought provoking & makes you wonder what would happen if you yourself decided to take up the same challenge as Danny did.
By the end I didn't find the book to be quite as funny as Yes Man the first Danny Wallace book I read but it was still a very entertaining read.
Dissappointing!! - By: I. Taylor, 27 Sep 2008 
I almost set it down after 200 pages. But I decided NO... it will get better. It didnt, just rumbled on at the same old speed. Davina McCall describes Danny Wallace to be a genius- O dear, please.
NOT FUNNY!
A joy from start to finish - By: Steven Willis, 17 Sep 2008 
As you would expect from Danny Wallace there is some genuine hysteria here - reminiscing about an unfortunate man whose name was a dreadful variation on `Hitler', impersonating a `furry', making sense of German rap lyrics & general Michael Jackson memories from childhood all had me sniggering, both as I was reading & at various points afterwards.
What I wasn't expecting though was quite how poignant it was at times. There's a few really touching moments, bothin terms of what the author finds out duringin his `project' & how it's handledin the book. It isn't just a series of funny incidents - it's real, it doesn't always go smoothly, & it asks some pretty deep questions about lost friendships, life & growing up.
Overall though it's just such a brilliantly positive story - a joyin fact.
At must if you are around the 30 mark! - By: Mr. M. K. White, 03 Sep 2008 You will laugh out loud & you will warm to this writer from the start! It brings back memories of your childhood & all the sweets, TV shows & characters that go with it. I haven't read his other books but I will be buying them right away, & recommending this one to all my friends. Danny Wallace may seem a bit odd when you see him on the telly but this book gets you to the heart of a guy who is naturally very funny.
