One Red Paperclip

The story of how one man changed his life one swap at a time

Kyle MacDonald

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English

Ebury Press
01 August 2008

Society & Social Sciences; E-commerce: business aspects; Travel writing

One man's attempts to trade a paperclip for a house. A global adventure in the style of Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace

Kyle MacDonald wanted his own house. The problem was he didn't have a job and he didn't have any money. Thinking back to his childhood he remembered the game he loved to play - Bigger and Better. It was a way of trading your old stuff to get bigger and better new stuff. Legend had it, some people managed to trade an old biro for a brand new car! This got Kyle thinking. If that kind of entrepreneurial spirit could turn tiny objects into big ones, then why not try trading up to a house?

And then he saw it. One red paperclip, sitting on his desk, holding the pages of his CV together, ready to go out into the world and help him find the job that would eventually get him a house.

But that didn't sound nearly as much fun as trading. So he wrote an internet advert hoping to trade one red paperclip and suddenly his inbox filled with responses- the trading had begun.

Did he get the house? Well, you're about to find out! One thing's for sure, he did a lot of trades and met a lot of very interesting people. One small paperclip was the beginning of a great big adventure.

By: Kyle MacDonald
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9780091914530
ISBN 10: 0091914531
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 August 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

My name is Kyle MacDonald. I'm from Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada. I like to do things. Doing things is the best. I've planted more than one hundred thousand trees, delivered more than one thousand pizzas, but eaten only one scorpion. I've also traded one red paperclip for a house only once.

Reviews for One Red Paperclip: The story of how one man changed his life one swap at a time

"An amazing true adventure! * OK! * Perfectly suited to the anti-commercial zeal of the moment * Sunday Times * A bizarre and brilliant idea * Daily Telegraph * So, is oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com the new eBay? ""Sure."" Kyle says, ""Why not?"" * The Guardian *"