Charlotte Street
By Danny Wallace
(William Morrow Paperbacks, Paperback, 9780062190567, 416pp.)
Publication Date: October 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Literary, Humorous, General
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Jason Priestley (no, not that Jason Priestley) is in a rut. He gave up his teaching job to write snarky reviews of cheap restaurants for the free newspaper you take but don't read. He lives above a video-game store, between a Polish newsstand and that place that everyone thinks is a brothel but isn't. His most recent Facebook status is "Jason Priestley is . . . eating soup." Jason's beginning to think he needs a change.
So he uncharacteristically moves to help a girl on the street who's struggling with an armload of packages, and she smiles an incredible smile at him before her cab pulls away. What for a fleeting moment felt like a beginning is cruelly cut short—until Jason realizes that he's been left holding a disposable camera. And suddenly, with prodding and an almost certainly disastrous offer of assistance from his socially inept best friend Dev, a coincidence-based, half-joking idea—What if he could track this girl down based on the photos in her camera?—morphs into a full-fledged quest to find the woman of Jason's dreams.
Danny Wallace is a writer, producer, and award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. He has written a weekly column in the U.K. magazine ShortList since 2007, and his past books include Join Me and Yes Man, which was made into a feature film starring Jim Carrey.
“Delightful . . . witty . . . The combination of Dickensian plot twists and Hornbyesque humor and hope makes for a thoroughly entertaining read.”
-Publishers Weekly
“Though lighthearted in tone, [CHARLOTTE STREET] speaks to a nostalgia for a time when photographs were authentic and unsullied by smartphone filters . . . Readers who enjoy the work of Nick Hornby or Stephen Chbosky will enjoy this.”
-Library Journal
“An amusing tale of an innocuous stalker.”
-Booklist
“Unmissable... will have you laughing out loud and melt your heart, all at once.”
-Cosmopolitan (UK)
“One of Britain’s great writing talents.”
-GQ (UK)
“[Danny Wallace is] as funny as Bill Bryson used to be.”
-The Independent on Sunday, on YES MAN
“Danny Wallace may well have stumbled upon the future shape of spirituality… hilarious.”
-Daily Telegraph (London), on JOIN ME!
“Another comedy masterpiece.”
-Bookseller (London), on FRIENDS LIKE THESE
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