This work is the portrait of a year in the life of an Englishman in New York who lived to tell the tale - just.
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Enticed by urban hell fantasies - as well as his boss's order to shag lots of women - Robert Kelsey is dispatched to the New York office of a British investment bank. Everything's great - except the office has moved to a sleepy suburb. Except his job disappears under the tide of a global financial crisis. Except that New York is no longer an urban hell - more a yuppie Ralph Lauren nightmare. And the women all follow The Rules and expect the man to pay for dinner, always. Criminal landladies pose as sweet old grannies, every nightclub has a velvet-rope policy determined to keep the author out, it's too hot in summer, ridiculously cold in winter and Robert's seriously failing his boss's order. Yep, New York's great, just great.
Refreshingly honest, pleasingly self-deprecating and supremely entertaining, here is New York as you've never seen her before.
About the Author
Kelsey
Robert Kelsey was editor of The Mancunion newspaper while he was at Manchester University in the mid '80s and has worked as a journalist for The Independent. For the last seven years, he has worked for a major London investment bank. Thirty-six-years-old, he is now back in London and is in the process, he hopes, of making the first £ million that eluded him in banking by setting up his own internet site. The Pursuit of Happiness is his first book and, yes, he is still looking for Ms Right!
Robert Kelsey was editor of The Mancunion newspaper while he was at Manchester University in the mid '80s and has worked as a journalist for The Independent. For the last seven years, he has worked for a major London investment bank. Thirty-six-years-old, he is now back in London and is in the process, he hopes, of making the first £ million that eluded him in banking by setting up his own internet site. The Pursuit of Happiness is his first book and, yes, he is still looking for Ms Right!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is an hilarious account of the foreplay the most progressive city in the world invents to keep the pursuit alive. A must read for any New York bound man or woman who wants or has ever wanted to just get laid. All this and an insight into the world of banking that will make those involved chortle in recognition and confirm what the rest of us always thought those guys were up to - Good job Kelsey!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
My reading of this book was of a guy's journey to New York and attempt to reach a state of mind he thought, along with his peers, represented happiness. Much of the narrative is about the subsequent frustration caused by the author's lack of headway despite the effort put into this pursuit, and even then the small gains didn't result in the happiness he perhaps expected. But what made the book for me was the way that through these difficulties his goals and implicit assumptions about how to achieve happiness were increasingly questioned and at the very end openly challenged. He learnt from his journey more than just the geography and habits of New York (sexual or otherwise). He also learnt that the route to happiness is not about successfully manupulating others in order to get laid or make lots of money, it's about being happy and sincere with oneself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Nick Hornby meets Bill Bryson (and possibly Jackie Collins) in this hilarious and racy account of an Englishman in New York. High finance in the Big Apple turns out not to be all it's cracked up to be for Robert Kelsey as he takes us on a rollercoaster journey through a year in pursuit of a good time, uncomplicated sex and a non-draconic landlady!
Kelsey's style is refreshingly to the point, offering a real insight into the typical male mind. His writing takes you right into the moment and offers a look behind the façades of being in a high-flying job in the most glamorous city in the world. Compelling escapades and an accessible style make this a difficult book to put down.
Male readers will feel a strong sense of identification and relief; then cringe as their girlfriend picks up the book to read it. Lad-lit without artifice, bravado or navel-gazing: an honest account of the ups and downs of the male existence. Men and women alike will find this book entertaining, funny and even poignant. Read it if you're going to New York or if you've been or if you are or have ever been a man or a woman or ever met one!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant and highly enjoyable read
Book exposes the high-rolling lifestyles of the trio of British investment bankers charged with Enron-related fraud. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2006 by A Dakhil
4.0 out of 5 stars
..London humour alive and well in downtown Manhattan.......
A very entertaining piece written by an author I'de never encountered before. Set in the backdrop of Suburban New York Financial Trading, Kelsey displays his down to earth East... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2001
4.0 out of 5 stars
Forget a Year in Provence - this is a Year of Procreation.
As a Brit, living in New York, working for an Investment Bank, and coming to the end of my first year, I found myself recognising something on every page and laughing out... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2000
1.0 out of 5 stars
A boring and very repetitive account of a year in New York
Unfortunately I had to give this book 1 star due to the unavailability of the 'nil point' option. A disjointed and hard to read account of a year in New York. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bill Bryson meets Nick Hornby meets Jackie Collins
In my opinion this is a kind of Bill Bryson meets Nick Hornby meets Jackie Collins . It is almost as if it was written by Bill Bryson , add a smidgeon of Jackie Collins and a... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2000 by tony@mtechdata.com
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lad's book that women will find amusingly enlightening
At last - real lad lit, as well as one of the few books to really make me laugh out loud. All the so called "lad lit" books I've read previously have really been aimed at women. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
A male Bridget Jones - with the rude bits included!
Forget Bridget Jones, this gets to the nitty gritty of what men really think. In his search for a woman in New York, Kelsey is refreshingly honest, sometimes vulnerable, and... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2000 by jaynea@wilsonharvey.co.uk
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