'A magnificent tale of obsession and adventure' The IndependentAfter a heavy night of tequila, flatmates Dave and Danny set off on what turns out to be a 24,000-mile journey to meet all the other Dave Gormans in the world. They visit Scotland, Israel, America, France and Ireland. They even hold a party in London where 50 Dave Gormans attend, including two women who have kindly changed their name via deed-poll. Silly, but engrossing, fascinating and addictive - and a touching, funny story of two friends who grow to share a mutual obsession.'A warm, funny, life-enhancing book' The GuardianThe average Dave Gorman is 37, 5'6"e; and works in the financial sector. Our Dave Gorman is 29, is a Perrier Award-nominated comedian and writer. His TV work has earned him two BAFTAs for The Mrs Merton Show as well as his own BBC2 series. Danny Wallace is a writer, producer and award-winning journalist, whose work has appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines including The Guardian, The Independent and Melody Maker.
Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace are best friends, flatmates and drinking partners. One legendary night in the pub the pair had an argument. Dave thought there must be thousands of people in the world who shared his name. Danny didn't. They were drunk. Five hours later they were on a train to Scotland...
That morning, they unwittingly kick-started an uncontrollable adventure that would take them around the world, finding and meeting complete strangers with only one thing in common - they were all called Dave Gorman too.
During their six month odyssey, Dave and Danny got caught in a tornado in New York, they lost their shoes in Norway and caused a security alert at an Israeli airport. They met greenkeepers, booksellers, carpetfitters, gurus, policemen, film stars and a semi-retired lighthouse technician.
They appeared on page 3 of The Sun and they were front page news in Denmark. They were even asked to make a TV show about their adventure.
They met no one else called Danny Wallace.
The result of their travels is this book. A true story of obsessed flatmates and of a worldwide quest to find people who could say Yes to that eternal question...Are You Dave Gorman?
