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In1995,high-flyingBritishjournalistTobyYoungleftLondonforNewYorktobecomeacontributingeditoratVanityFair.OtherBritshadtakenManhattan-AlistairCooke,TinaBrown,AnnaWintour-sowhycouldn'the?Surely,itwouldonlybeamatteroftimebeforetheBigApplewasinthepalmofhishand.Butthingsdidnotgoaccordingtoplan.WithinthespaceoftwoyearshewasfiredfromVanityFair,bannedfromthemostfashionablebarinthecityandcouldn'tgetadateforloveormoney.EventhelocalAAgroupwantednothingtodowithhim.HowToLoseFriends&AlienatePeopleisTobyYoung'shilariousaccountofthefiveyearshespentsteadilyworkinghiswaydowntheNewYorkfoodchain,fromglossymagazineeditortocrash-testdummyforinteractivesextoys.Butit'snotjustacollectionofself-deprecatinganecdotes.It'salsoaseditiousattackonthecultureofcelebrityfrominsidethebellyofthebeast.NotsinceBonfireoftheVanitieshastheNewYorkA-listbeensomercilesslylampooned-anditallreallyhappened!