How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Book • 2008
This book is Toby Young's account of his five years in New York, where he worked as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair before being fired.
The memoir details his numerous failures, both professional and personal, including his inability to fit into the New York social scene, his disastrous dating life, and his involvement in various scandalous incidents.
The book is a self-deprecating and entertaining critique of celebrity culture and the media, with Young often making himself the butt of the joke.
It also includes insightful digressions on academia and the New York media's influence on the zeitgeist.
The memoir details his numerous failures, both professional and personal, including his inability to fit into the New York social scene, his disastrous dating life, and his involvement in various scandalous incidents.
The book is a self-deprecating and entertaining critique of celebrity culture and the media, with Young often making himself the butt of the joke.
It also includes insightful digressions on academia and the New York media's influence on the zeitgeist.
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