Yes Man
Category: Humor
Tags: Humor
Wallace, a freelance radio producer for the BBC in London, takes three simple words uttered by a stranger on a bus-say yes more-as a challenge and says yes to everything for a year. He says yes to pamphleteers on the street, the credit card offers stuffing his mailbox and solicitations on the Internet. He attends meetings with a group that believes aliens built the pyramids in Egypt, says yes to every invitation to go out on the town and furthers his career by saying yes in meetings with executives. The potential for enlightenment and insight into the human condition abounds, yet Wallace doesnt dig deep. Mostly, he covers his relationships with his male friends and former and current girlfriends. While the writing is lively enough-arch and full of colorful British slang-the minutiae of Wallaces world wont fascinate readers as much as it seems to fascinate him. The book is culled from his diary, and it shows: the text is crammed with casual observations and mundane details of everyday l
