Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure - Brossura

Gorman, Dave

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ISBN 10: 0679313494 ISBN 13: 9780679313496

Casa editrice: Vintage Canada, 2004

Riassunto

1. WHO IS DAVE GORMAN?
· Dave Gorman is an award-winning comedian, storyteller and writer from the UK.
· He won the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Jury Prize for Best One Person Show.
· He has appeared on the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous and The Late Show With David Letterman.
· His first book Are You Dave Gorman? has sold over 100,000 copies in the UK.
· His second book, Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure has netted 60,000 copies to date since January 1, 2004, entering the Sunday Times Bestseller List at #1.

2. WHAT THE HELL IS A GOOGLEWHACK?
· When you type two words into the Google search engine and get exactly one result. That is, only one Web page in the world happens to have the combination of words you've entered in the search box. That is a googlewhack!
· Some past examples of googlewhacks include “comparative unicyclist,” “maladroit wheezer,” and “blithering clops.”
· There is a 1-in-3-billion chance of being a googlewhack.
· For a full explanation, visit www.googlewhack.com Be warned: googlewhacking is completely addictive!

3. WHAT IS Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure?
· Dave’s creative way to procrastinate as much as possible while writing a novel for his UK publisher, Ebury.
· The mysterious e-mail from Australia that read simply “Did you know you’re a googlewhack?” and Dave’s subsequent obsession with googlewhacking that took him three times around the world...at the expense of the novel he was supposed to write.
· This is Bill Bryson for a new generation, a hilarious book about the people Dave meets while he travels the globe for the strangers he has googlewhacked.

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Recensione:

"You will end up googlewhacking. It will be addictive. And, once you begin googlewhacking, you will not get any work done all morning, or perhaps for the rest of your life."
—National Post

“Utterly joyful and wholeheartedly rewarding.”
—The Scotsman

"a gripping, funny round the world trip"
—Zoo Weekly

"A rollicking, funny, high stakes journey with the pace of a thriller...Brilliant."
—The Melbourne Age

"fresh, funny and very entertaining"
—Daily Mail

"totally stupid, incredibly pointless and absolutely hilarious"
—Scottish Daily Record

L'autore:

Dave Gorman is an award-winning comedian, storyteller and writer. His live shows, including his Googlewhack Adventure show, have won the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival One Person Show Award twice and Time Out New York’s Best Comedy Show of 2001. His television appearances include Absolutely Fabulous and The Late Show with David Letterman. He is also the co-author of Are You Dave Gorman? He lives in London, England.

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• Editore: Vintage Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0679313494
• ISBN 13: 9780679313496
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 364