by David Thorne
First published 2011
David Thorne opens his digital playground with the spider drawing he sent to pay his chiropractor bill, launching readers into a world where email exchanges become comedy gold. His website 27bslash6.com spawned viral sensations like the missing cat poster for "Missy" and his refusal to design free logos with pie charts. Each prank pushes boundaries further than the last, turning mundane correspondence into elaborate hoaxes that spread across the internet from The Guardian to Andrew Sullivan's blog. Thorne collects his greatest hits alongside new material exclusive to this volume, documenting his escalating digital mischief that nearly landed him in jail. The book captures the absurd joy of turning everyday interactions into performance art, where the line between clever wit and complete insanity disappears entirely.
Genres: humor, contemporary, non-fiction, comedy, 21st-century, internet
Vibes: absurd, fast-paced, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: epistolary, escalating-hijinks, mundane-to-absurd
Period: 21st-Century
353 pages · Paperback · Tarcher