num_pages: 192
description: It all started when Jn Gnarr founded the Best Party in 2009 to satirize his countrys political system. The financial collapse in Iceland had after all precipitated the world-wide meltdown and fomented widespread protest over the countrys leadership.Entering the race for mayor of Reykjavk Icelands capital Gnarr promised to get the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park into downtown parks free towels at public swimming pools a drug-free Parliament by 2020 . . . and he swore hed break all his campaign promises.But then something strange started happening: his campaign began to succeed. And in the partys electoral debut the Best Party emerged as the biggest winner. Gnarr promptly proposed a coalition government although he ruled out partners who had not seen all five seasons of The Wire.And just like that a man whose previous foreign-relations experience consisted of a radio show (in which he regularly crank-called the White House and police stations in the Bronx to see if they had found his lost wallet) was soon meeting international leaders and being taken seriously as the mayor of a European capital.Here Gnarr recounts how it all happened and with admirable candor describes his vision of a more enlightened politics for the future. The point he writes is not to be afraid to get involvedor to take on the system.
language: English
title: Gnarr: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World
publisher: Melville House