It's a bizzare idea, but very well executed and the book is funny throughout. Whilst they do travel a lot, this is in no way a travel book and you get no descriptions of the places they have visited.

What you do get is an excellent understanding of the relationship between the two authors and the difficulties that arise when trying to succeed in a ridiculous bet.

The book is written by both of them, with the author at the time being identified by the font (Dave in bold text, Danny in plain) which is wierd, but it works well. Danny is clearly the more skilled writer!

The book is a lot of fun, with several laugh out loud moments. Both of the authors are clearly likable people and this ends up being a real feel good book. I recommend it highly.


Are you Dave Gorman?   July 8, 2005
 11 out of 11 found this review helpful

No but I sure wish I was after reading this book! The insane wacky recklessness of these two friends is contagious! It made me want to wake up and challenge myself to do something crazy and time consuming - resulting in travelling round the world and forcing complete strangers to help me complete my quest! The book is about how a drunken bet gets out of control and consumes their lifes - its a factual story that is humorously written between both dave and danny in two different fonts. The style of writing is hilarious as are the situations described. A must read!


Are you Dave Gorman? No, but I wish I was!   June 16, 2005
 7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Are you Dave Gorman? No, but I wish I was! June 5, 2005
The funniest book I have ever read... and I don't bestow that title lightly!

This two-man tale of namesake lunacy is guaranteed to make anyone laugh out loud. Repeatedly!

It all started with Dave Gorman betting his flatmate, Danny Wallace "That there must be loads of Dave Gormans out there", while drunk... Danny wakes up a few hours later and finds he's on a train to Scotland to meet one of them.

To cut a long story short this starts a round the world trip to meet 54 other Dave Gormans. Dave and Danny resort to desperate measures and trickery (Guess what Danny? That man over there just happens to be a Dave Gorman!) to complete the task... but do they do it? Ahh that would be telling! You've have to read this to find out.

Aside from being a story about Dave Gormen (Dave invented the plural) this is also a touching tale of friendship between the two man. But above all this a story of English eccentricity... I think that only two tea-obsessed Englishmen would do something quite this bizarre!

It is told from the point of view of both Dave and Danny... and it works very well. On one hand you have the slightly manic tone of Dave, a man on a mission, while balancing it out is the considerably more depressed tone of Danny, who can't believe what he's been sucked into... but doesn't want to loose the bet with Dave.

This book should be essential reading for everyone... even if you can't answer "Yes" to that immortal question... Are You Dave Gorman?