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In *The Guinea Pig Diaries*, author A.J. Jacobs tackles contemporary questions about happiness, dating, morality, and marriage by subjecting himself to a sequence of provocative experiments. He delegates his daily responsibilities to a team in Bangalore, spends a month practicing Radical Honesty, infiltrates the Academy Awards disguised as a movie star to study fame, applies cutting‑edge science to pursue ultimate rationality, follows George Washington’s life rules, and even mentors his wife’s whims for a month. Through these challenges Jacobs delivers a blend of humor and reflective observations aimed at readers eager to rethink their own conduct of life.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Jacobs, A. J.
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