THE INTERNET IS A PLAYGROUND by David Thorne

"I laughed so hard and uncontrollably I could hardly breathe. Reading this on public transport is not a good idea."--Penthouse magazine

"In the dominion of social networking and electronic communication, David Thorne has become the king of biting sarcasm." --Thane Burnett, editor, Sun Media

We are more than pleased to announce that we now officially handle rights to David Thorne's books

• The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius
• I'll Go Home Then, It's Warm and Has Chairs. The Unpublished Emails.

David Thorne is an Australian humourist, satirist, and Internet personality. His work has been featured on the BBC, the Late Show with David Letterman, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Thorne gained public recognition in late 2008 for an email exchange in which he attempts to pay an overdue bill with a drawing of a seven-legged spider. The exchange spread virally via email and social networking sites, leading to a surge of visitors to his website 27b/6 (27bslash6). 27b/6 features a collection of humorous emails and articles from Thorne's life. These and additional essays appear in Thorne's book, The Internet is a Playground. Published by Penguin Group and released on 28 April 2011, the book debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller list.