Yes Man by Danny Wallace
Brilliant!!
I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this
manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I
will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every
favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I Will Swear To Say Yes Where
Once I Would Say No. Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much.
Having been dumped by his girlfriend, he really wasnt doing the young,
free and single thing very well. Instead he was avoiding people. Texting
them Instead of calling them. Calling them Instead of meeting them. That is
until that one fateful date when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him
to Say Yes more. These three simple words changed Dannys life forever.
Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say Yes to
everything, in order to make his life more interesting. And boy, did it get
more interesting.
Personal Review: Yes Man by Danny Wallace

Danny Wallace is down in the dumps, recovering from a breakup, going
through the motions of life. He has a chance encounter on a London bus
that leads him to a monumental decision - he is is going to say "Yes!" to
everything for a period of several months. Much zaniness follows.
If you like British humor and wit, you may find yourself chuckling frequently
and sometimes laughing out loud as you read this book. Even though it's a
quick read, I slowed down to savor every sentence, because I never knew
when I'd run into something spectacularly silly.
For example, after saying "yes!" to some killer weed, Danny calls his friend
Ian to describe his new invention -
"'Not bad - listen. What would you say if I told you you could have a spoon'
- I paused to allow him time to picture a spoon - 'that could hover!'"
He pauses to give Ian time to picture a spoon. As if you'd need some time
to picture a spoon. Pretty funny. He continues -
"...Ian always thought he knew where he was with spoons, but I'd just
messed with his preconceptions. The boundaries of cutlery had been given
a severe kick into the future, and I think Ian knew that ... What would you
do if a visionary like me phoned you up and told you he'd invented the
hover spoon?
'And then I realised Ian had hung up."
Wallace has an excellent and offbeat comedic voice. He doesn't take
himself too seriously, and what is really unique, he is able to play the
buffoon and wry observer at the same time. He overplays mundane
activities, such as responding positively to junk e-mail, in a way that makes
them exquisitely funny. He downplays his borderline insane moves - like
accompanying his former girlfriend on her first date with a new love interest
- making those episodes perfectly amusing. It's not quite like anything I've
ever read. It's definitely quirky, but I would think appealing to a wide range
of comedic tastes.
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