GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human
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From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human?
GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
Thomas Thwaites
Thomas Thwaites develops far reaching design projects, undertakes commissions for private companies, as well as making work for public organisations including London's Design Museum, the Wellcome Trust and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. His work has been exhibited at major galleries worldwide, including at the National Museum of China, Ars Electronica in Austria, the Zero1 Biennial in California and The Science Museum in London. The Victoria & Albert Museum recently acquired his work, The Toaster Project, for their permanent collection. He has presented a four part television series, aired on Discovery Channel Asia Pacific in 2013. His first book, The Toaster Project, is published by Princeton Architectural Press, and has now been translated in to Japanese and Korean editions.
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Reviews for GoatMan
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very funny for about 2/3rds of the book which is during the build up of the book. There is really no payoff. Still highly recommend it because it is so humorous.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Made me laugh out loud, and think as well! Touches on the differences between humans and animals, and the similarities. Written by a man who decided to try to experience being a goat and trot across the Swiss alps- an extemely unconvential (a.k.a.crazy) idea from an otherwise intelligent man.