Danny Wallace was bored one day. After his great-uncle Gallus' funeral, Danny learns that he wanted to have a collective of 100 people live on his farm with him. During his lifetime, he managed to gather three. So, Danny decided to try to make a collective of his own. He put an ad in the local paper that read: "Join me. Send one passport-sized photo to..." After gaining three followers, he thought: Why not get 100 people like Gallus wanted? Then his friend Ian suggested that if Danny could gather 1000 followers, he would buy him a pint of beer. But then Danny got stuck in a bind. People started asking what they were joining, what the purpose of this cult ("It's not a cult! It's a collective!") was. And then he had to come up with an idea or break his promise to Gallus ... and his pint.

Thus is the tale of the non-fiction work "Join Me," a story of Danny's adventures in collecting recruits from all over England and beyond. Although this book may not sound that interesting, it is quite difficult to put down. Wallace writes what he thinks, with a not-always-sharp wit and British sense of humor. The reader will get the opportunity to get inside his head as he gets more and more obsessed with the collective and the lives of its members, and as an inevitable consequence, his job and his relationship with Hanne suffers. He reflects on every element of his adventure: his opinions of people and countries, as well as photos of "joinees" and locations he visits.

What I found most intriguing about this book is that it is all true and happening in the here-and-now. Currently, Wallace is collecting people from all over the world to join his "Karma Army" and perform good deeds for complete strangers. Most of the Web sites listed in the book were shut down, but http://www.joinmeusa.com works.

The book is currently only available in Britain, but will be available soon in the United States published by Plume. So if you're looking for a fun, light read about a more than slightly eccentric British man trying to improve the lives of old men and people everywhere, read "Join Me". And if you love it and what the collective stands for, join him.