Book Rec of the Day 3/22/2007 (2)

MEMOIRS

Toby Young’s failure has been his success. Here’s how it works: He undertakes a project (jobs, dating, etc.), fails at it in a public and spectacular way, then writes a book chronicling his demise. To all appearances, he’s an idiot, yet you can’t help loving him and rooting for him. It must be the funny writing about funny situations and his charming British point of view.

	HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE, by Toby Young (Da Capo Press, 2003)
	THE SOUND OF NO HANDS CLAPPING, by Toby Young (Da Capo Press, 2006)