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The Pursuit of Happiness (Paperback)

by Robert Kelsey (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 379 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books (5 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553813269
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553813265
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 415,530 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars No rose tinted glasses, soft focus or Hollywood, 10 Nov 2000
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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!
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4.0 out of 5 stars ..London humour alive and well in downtown Manhattan......., 8 Feb 2001
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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 London wit, creating some hilarious moments as he draws comparisons between life and societies either side of the pond. More lads mag than glads rags, a superb effort that left me searching on the web for his next offering.......
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What is happiness?, 14 Nov 2000
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and highly enjoyable read
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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
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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
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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
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5.0 out of 5 stars New York as you don't see it in the films!
Nick Hornby meets Bill Bryson (and possibly Jackie Collins) in this hilarious and racy account of an Englishman in New York. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2000

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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