My Experimental Life
By (Author) A J Jacobs
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
2nd August 2010
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary essays
Gender studies: men and boys
828.9202
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
240g
A hilarious new collection from the bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, AJ Jacobs. For his first book, AJ Jacobs read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. For his second, he followed every single rule in the Bible. Now comes a collection of his most outrageous, hilarious and thought-provoking experiments yet. In My Experimental Life Jacobs puts himself to a series of bizarre and ridiculous tests, from total obedience to his long-suffering wife and 'Radical Honesty', to living as a beautiful woman and outsourcing his personal life to India (whether sending an email, having a weekly chat with his parents or arguing with his wife). Written by an author who has been compared in the British press to Woody Allen and Bill Bryson, The Guinea Pig Diaries will be one of the funniest, most entertaining and most illuminating books of the year.
A. J. Jacobs is the editor at large at Esquire. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Know-It-All. He has contributed to the New York Times, New York magazine, and NPR's Weekend Edition, among others. He lives in New York. See ajjacobs.com for more information.