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The Optimist
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Collapsing stock markets, melting ice caps, floods, tornadoes, terrorism . . . When it comes to bad news, we've never had it so good. Perhaps it is time to be a little more optimistic? That's what Laurence Shorter decided. And that's why he set himself the challenge of meeting the world's most cheerful people. Surely with the help of Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson and Bill Clinton, Laurence can find the secret to inner happiness. But first things first – how on Earth is he going to get to meet them?

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Deliciously quirky and enormously funny, it brims over with the sort of joie de vivre that would brighten the darkest day.
Good Book Guide

[An] anti-misery memoir.
Evening Standard

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Published: 07 Jan 2010
Paperback
320 pages
Price:  £8.99
ISBN: 9781847671288

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Laurence Shorter

Laurence Shorter is a stand-up comedian and writer. He has been writing and performing since 2001 when he was selected for the Old Vic Theatre's prestigious 'New Voices' programme. His work has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4, the Observer, Independent and opendemocracy.net as well as at the Edinburgh Festival and London theatres.

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