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The Upgrade: A Cautionary Tale of a Life Without Reservations Book
Bored broke and struggling to survive in one of the most expensive cities on earth writer Paul Carr is a man in need of a plan. When his landlord threatens to increase his rent even further Paul comes to the surprising realisation that it would actually be cheaper to live in a hotel in Manhattan than in his one-bedroom London flat. Inspired by that possibility he decides to sell most of his possessions abandon his old life and spend a year living entirely without commitments - as a modern-day nomad. Thanks to Paul's highly-developed blagging skills what begins as a one-year experiment soon becomes a permanent lifestyle - a life lived in luxury hotels and mountain-top villas. An existence solely of fast cars Hollywood actresses and Icelandic rock stars. Of 6 000-mile booty calls … read more... of partying with 800 female hairdressers dressed only in bedsheets and of nearly dying at the hands of Spanish drug dealers. And most bizarrely of all a life that still costs less than surviving on cold pizza in London.But as word of Paul's exploits starts to spread - first online then through a newspaper column and eventually a book deal - he finds himself forced to constantly up the stakes to keep his growing readership interested. With his behaviour spiralling out of control - risking his health and sanity putting him on the wrong side of the law and alienating even his closest friends - he is forced to ask the question: Is there such a thing as too much freedom?Read More read less...
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Blackwell
The bizarre but true story of what happens when you stop worrying about where you live and start concentrating on how you live. Bored, broke and struggling to survive in one of the most expensive cities on earth, Paul Carr comes to the surprising...
- 0297859293
- 9780297859291
- Paul Carr
- 12 May 2011
- W&N
- Paperback (Book)
- 304
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