Friends Like These: My Worldwide Quest to Find My Best Childhood Friends,… (edition 2009)

When I grow up, I want to be like Danny Wallace! Because here is a man who has carved out a career for himself still doing all the things you might drunkenly discuss and laugh about whilst in the pub, but would then never actually do when you came to your senses the morning after.

But take a look at Danny Wallace’s back-catalogue of books and you see that not only is he the man that still carries out these immature boy tasks, but he has wrote a whole bunch of books on them. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, he is the Yes Man after all...

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I've said it before: I have a bit of a crush on Danny Wallace. He has such a wonderful, self-deprecating humor, such joie de vive, and such a talent for turning "stupid boy projects" into moneymaking books! In this tale, with his thirtieth birthday looming, he sets off to track down twelve childhood friends with whom he has lost touch. He throws himself into this project as fully as he does any other (see Yes Man, Join Me, or Are You Dave Gorman for other examples). The result is an enjoyable, often hilarious, and thought-provoking adventure. Why do we lose touch with good friends? Why not make the effort to renew those friendships? What does it mean to be "grown up"? Wallace discusses these questions during his whirlwind search, and he left me with a hankering to look up old friends too! Highly recommended. ( )

I love what Danny was doing; meeting old friends again. I find that I am doing that through Facebook which I have found to be a good alternative to face-to-face meetings. Of course I don't live near many, well most, of the people I chat with on Facebook. So for me it is really the only option since I don't have a publisher paying for me to flit around the globe on such missions. I am certain that when I am nearer in location to some old friends we will get together again.

I think I'd have enjoyed this more if it weren't so very similar in style to 'Are You Dave Gorman' by Danny Wallace and Dave Gorman and if I hadn't JUST finished reading that book before purchasing this one to read. I do like Danny's writing style and much prefer it to Gorman's; Gorman can get a bit whiney at times. ( )

Beautiful, inspiring and above all funny. A perfect gift for friends you've lost touch with. We pass it along in our original circle, and so far, that's been very successful. ( )