The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir - Softcover

Young, Toby

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9780306815348: The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir

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ISBN 10: 0306815346 ISBN 13: 9780306815348

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2008

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With a major motion picture of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People about to be released (starring Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, and Jeff Bridges), there has never been a better time to savor this laugh-out-loud memoir from everyone's favorite professional failurist.” The Sound of No Hands Clapping finds Toby pursuing a glamorous career in Hollywood while trying to balance his new life as a husband and parent. Failure-and fatherhood-have never been funnier.

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About the Author:

Toby Young has been fired from a succession of prestigious newspapers and magazines. He lives in London.

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Simon Vance zestfully reads the self-deprecating annals of the author's attempts to achieve fame as a writer. Young's ambition is to become a successful screenwriter, but his path to success becomes an obstacle course as he bumps into the power people in Hollywood. In his reading, Vance makes sure that listeners enjoy Young's entertaining stories of the disappointments and mistakes he makes in the pursuit of his career. Vance's positive energy gives the author's words a hilarity that makes one want to hear more and more of the book. When you can't tell the difference between who wrote it and who is reading it and you don't really care, that's entertainment. J.P. � AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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