The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life As an Experiment

Jacobs, A. J.

ISBN 10: 0743598741 ISBN 13: 9780743598743

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2009

Synopsis

For his first hit title, Jacobs read the Encyclopedia Britannica. For his second, he followed every single rule in the Bible. Now comes a collection of his most outrageous and thought-provoking experiments yet. In The Guinea Pig Diaries, Jacobs goes undercover as a beautiful woman. He outsources everything in his life to India, from answering his emails to arguing with his wife. He spends two months saying whatever is on his mind. He lives like George Washington. Plus several other life-changing experiments—one of which involves public nudity.

About this title

Review:

"The virtuoso of this self-as-guinea pig genre."

--Brad Tuttle, "Time"

"Off-the-wall and uproarious."

--"Publishers Weekly"

"Inspired and inspiring."--"Vanity Fair"

"Off-the-wall and uproarious."--"Publishers Weekly"

"The virtuoso of this self-as-guinea pig genre."--Brad Tuttle, "Time"

"Both laugh-out-loud funny and enlightening."--"People"

Inspired and inspiring. "Vanity Fair"

Off-the-wall and uproarious. "Publishers Weekly"

"[T]he most enlighteningmoments are driven by his honesty, his sense of humor, and his willingness to constantly challenge his ingrained assumptions.... Hilarity, and quite a bit of learning, ensue.... In ["My Life as an Experiment]", he once again achieves a rare literary balance an intellectual study of human behavior that will make readers laugh out loud or, in the more daring cases, inspire them to try one of these experiments for themselves." "Providence Journal"

"Both laugh-out-loud funny and enlightening." "--People"

About the Author:

A.J. Jacobs is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically. He is the editor-at-large ofEsquire magazine, a contributor to NPr, and a columnist for mental_flossmagazine. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0743598741
• ISBN 13: 9780743598743
• Binding: Audio CD