how to lose friends and alienate people by toby young

'You shall come to the ball,' she said, 'and you shall write a book and be the talk of le tout Londres.'Īnd if you really are pressed: The digested read, digested. Then suddenly, Caroline, the fairy princess, came to the rescue. How about I upset those sycophantic phonies Harold and Tina?'

A feature-length film adaptation, also titled How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, was released in October 2008. Young was initially played by Jack Davenport, then by Young himself. 'Is four grams of coke enough, Damien?' My efforts to brown nose the king of BritArt were futile. The book was adapted into a one-man play that played on Londons West End for several months each in 20.

You can go along as a photographic assistant. We'll get someone else to write it, though. How about I do something on Cool Britannia?' 'I'm really sorry about Nathan, Graydon,' I grovelled. 'So, Nathan,' I asked, subtly, 'is it true you're a Jewish pooftah?' 'Look, Toby,' levelled Graydon, 'you can interview Nathan Lane. 'Oh, get out of my hair and go and interview someone.' His 2001 memoir, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, details his subsequent employment at Vanity Fair. 'How come you're giving me so little work?' Toby Daniel Moorsom Young (born 17 October 1963) is a British social commentator. 'You're a fucking crap writer, you know, Graydon,' I said, cleverly. 'Could you get me in to the opening of the nearest fridge? Please. The most interesting parts of the book relate to his stint at Conde Nast (or 'The Conde Nasties') working for Vanity Fair magazine, and his clashes with the editor, Graydon Carter. 'Don't you just hate all these jumped up celebs?' I continued. Toby Young certainly does lose friends and alienate people in this sometimes interesting, sometimes boring memoir of his life as an English journalist in New York. 'Have you any idea why I can't get laid?' 'Cor, look at the threepennies on her,' I said to Elizabeth, leafing through some stills in the fashion editor's in-tray. 'Go back to your cupboard and write some captions,' Graydon barked.

How to lose friends and alienate people by toby young