Synopses & Reviews
Imagine being completely open. Imagine a life in which we accept every single chance, offer, or challenge take every single risk. Thankfully, Danny Wallace has done it so we don't have to.
Recently single, Danny is alone and on a road to nowhere. One day on that road, a stranger on a bus tells him to say "yes" more. A months-long journey that changes not only Danny's life but perhaps the world ensues.
Soon after vowing to be more open, Danny wins $45,000 and becomes a television executive, far above his level of experience or ability ("just because I said 'yes' a lot in meetings I wasn't supposed to be in"). He becomes a minister. Falls afoul of psychotropic drugs. Gives spare change to anyone who asks. Invents things. Travels the globe. Vows to help the son of a murdered sultan escape Oman with forty million dollars ("It's not an Internet scam it's a cry for help"). But not every yes is an instant ticket to new-found wealth and happiness.
Just as Danny grows closer to a woman for whom he holds strong feelings, his ex-girlfriend asks if he would mind if she dated someone new. "Yes." Things get more complicated when he sees her and her new beau. Being polite, the man asks Danny if he'd like to join them for dinner. "Yes." At a night club, another man asks Danny if he wants a smack in the mouth for looking at his girlfriend: "Er, yes?"
Yes Man introduces a world where a bit of optimism can make a person a television personality. A simple trip to the record store can be rerouted to the center of the Social Acupuncture Peace Movement. An unwanted e-mail can lead to the creation of an undroppable spoon. Feeling hungry can result in eating curry down the street from Jesus. But perhaps most important, a little fearlessness can lead to a remarkably loving relationship.
Yes Man is more than one excitable man's ramblings of seemingly inconsequential events. It's more than even the most elegant of memoirs. It is proof that a little bit of openness and generosity can allow the human spirit to triumph.
Review
"If this were a novel, we would probably shake our heads and call it ridiculous. But it's all true...and it's thoroughly entertaining." Booklist
Synopsis
Recently single, Danny Wallace was falling into loneliness and isolation. When a stranger on a bus advises, Say yes more, Wallace vows to say yes to every offer, invitation, challenge, and chance.
In Yes Man, Wallace recounts his months-long commitment to complete openness with profound insight and humbling honesty. Saying yes takes Wallace into a new plane of existence: a place where money comes as easily as it goes, nodding a lot can lead to a long weekend overseas with new friends, and romance isn't as complicated as it seems. Yes eventually leads to the biggest question of all: Do you, Danny Wallace, take this woman . . .
Yes Man is inspiring proof that a little willingness can take anyone to the most wonderful of places.
Synopsis
Recently single, Danny Wallace was falling into loneliness and isolation. When a stranger on a bus advises, "Say yes more," Wallace vows to say yes to every offer, invitation, challenge, and chance. andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; In andlt;iandgt;Yes Manandlt;/iandgt;, Wallace recounts his months-long commitment to complete openness with profound insight and humbling honesty. Saying yes takes Wallace into a new plane of existence: a place where money comes as easily as it goes, nodding a lot can lead to a long weekend overseas with new friends, and romance isn't as complicated as it seems. Yes eventually leads to the biggest question of all: "Do you, Danny Wallace, take this woman . . ." andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;iandgt;Yes Manandlt;/iandgt; is inspiring proof that a little willingness can take anyone to the most wonderful of places.
About the Author
Danny Wallace is an award-winning comedy producer and journalist who was recently appointed head of new comedy development for the BBC.
Table of Contents
Contents
Prologue: In Which We Set the Scene
Chapter 1: In Which the Story Begins
Chapter 2: In Which Daniel Becomes Increasingly Excited
Chapter 3: In Which Daniel Lifts Up His Head and Beholds the Sun
Chapter 4: In Which Daniel Makes an Unfortunate Error
Chapter 5: In Which Daniel Receives Word from the Sultanate of Oman
Chapter 6: In Which Daniel Breaks the Law
Chapter 7: In Which Daniel Proposes a Theory, Attends a Party, and Vexes a Rival
Chapter 8: In Which Daniel Lands Himself in a Spot of Bother
Chapter 9: In Which Daniel Upsets a Stranger
Chapter 10: In Which Daniel Undertakes a Most Unusual Search
Chapter 11: In Which Daniel Finds Himself Central to a Very Disturbing Predicament
Chapter 12: In Which a Friendship Is Brought into Doubt, and Daniel Buys Some
New Spectacles
Chapter 13: In Which Daniel Receives a Very Pleasant Piece of News
Chapter 14: In Which Daniel and Lizzie Climb a Mountain, Visit a Brass Rubbing Centre, and See a Bad Play
Chapter 15: In Which Daniel Receives Some Unexpected News
Chapter 16: In Which Daniel Is Tempted by Evil
Chapter 17: In Which Daniel Meets with Hugh the Incredible, a Tiny Soldier, and a Magical Dog with a Hat On
Chapter 18: In Which Daniel Finally Has a Polite Conversation
Chapter 19: In Which the Reader Is Required to Read Between the Lines
Chapter 20: In Which Daniel Travels to the Goodly Castle of Dobroyd, and Chances
Upon More of the Wisdom of Maitreya
Chapter 21: In Which Daniel Meets His Match
Chapter 22: In Which Daniel Goes Far Beyond the Call of Duty
Chapter 23: In Which Daniel Faces a Terrible Crisis
Chapter 24: In Which Daniel Is Content
Chapter 25: In Which Daniel Makes a Terrible Admission, Searches His Soul, and Finally Accepts That He Must Be Punished
Chapter 26: In Which Something Remarkable Happens
Epilogue 1: In Which Ian Gets His Just Desserts
Epilogue 2: In Which We Must Finally Say Good-bye
Acknowledgements