false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174496793m/407472.jpg 407472 6 If someone called you a 'googlewhack' what would you do? Would you end up playing table tennis with a nine year-old boy in Boston? Would you find yourself in Los Angeles wrangling snakes, or would you go to China to be licked by a performance artist? If your name is Dave Gorman, then all of these things could be true. Fuelled by a lust for life and a desperate desire to do anything except what he's supposed to be doing (writing that novel and growing up), Dave falls under the spell of an obscure internet word game - Googlewhacking. Addicted to the game, and gripped by obsession, Dave travels three times round the world, visiting four continents and the unlikeliest cast of real life eccentrics you'll ever meet in what becomes an epic challenge, a life-changing, globe-trotting Googlewhack adventure. 1622284 2004 Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure total:169|5:55|4:72|3:29|2:10|1:3| 169 673 236 16 4 0 false false Sat Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jan 23 08:56:46 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 09:11:54 -0800 2009
This book came into my house when my lovely wife (at the time my lovely girlfriend) moved in with me, and it amused the heck out of me. I'm adding it alongside The Areas of My Expertise because both books celebrat...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 04:07:49 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 04:42:04 -0700 2009
It says a lot for his tenacity that he sees these things through, or is it just for the benefit ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 22 10:13:39 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 10:14:49 -0800 2007
British comedian Dave Gorman receives an email stating that he is a Googlewhack. He allows himself to get distracted from his commissioned novel (of which he’s written nothing at all) and starts following a trail of Googlewhacks around the globe.
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There was really an astounding number of isn't-this-a-small-world coincidences throughout, which is eerie and yet, kind of neatly packaged, perfect for a book. It does make me rather sad...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 23:45:02 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 12:48:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 05:46:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:46:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 17:08:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 17:17:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 08 10:15:19 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:21:47 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 11 14:37:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 14:37:42 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jun 22 17:24:36 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 16:10:57 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Aug 05 11:23:49 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:24:53 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 15:36:23 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 15:37:33 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 27 19:36:08 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 19:37:08 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 08 19:58:02 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 19:58:27 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Thu Aug 14 18:24:08 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 18:24:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 15:12:23 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 15:12:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 10:59:11 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:59:11 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 13:50:07 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 13:51:55 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 18:37:34 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 18:37:34 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=407472