I’m Rich, You’re Poor

Author Shabaz Ali
Narrator Shabaz Ali
Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Run Time 5 hours and 26 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Humour, Lifestyle and personal style guides, Popular culture, Society and Social Sciences, TV tie-in humour.

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What to expect

Razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud satire of social media's mega-rich from 'The Voice of the Cost-of-Living Crisis' @ShabazSays

The world is full of books about how to be rich. This is not one of them.

Today, many of us are feeling the pinch - and being bombarded with portrayals of social media 'perfection' is making that pinch feel more like a punch.

We may know that social media - with all its billionaires and beauty queens - is just a highlight reel. So why is it still making most of us feel so low?

Comedian Shabaz Ali wants to help you see the funny side of social media again. Because while it looks nice to live up in an ivory tower, this book reminds us that it is much more fun to be part of the baying mob that surrounds it.

This laugh-out-loud deep-dive into social media's ridiculously rich, will help you love your own penny-pinched, rough-around-the-edges, extraordinarily ordinary life.

Shabaz Ali (@ShabazSays) is a comedian and broadcaster who has built a large and dedicated audience with his withering take downs of those who package and present their 'perfect' lives online. When he's not online you can find Shabaz at his day job as a chemistry teacher in Blackburn.

“Sharp commentary” Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram
“Hilarious and thought-provoking” Davina McCall
“Smart, witty and refreshing” Katie Piper OBE

© 2024 Shabaz Ali © 2024 DK Audio

Critics Review

Hilarious and thought provoking!

Davina McCall

Sharp commentary, delivered with wit
and in a fuzzy onesie, puts these topics into clearer context.

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram

Smart, witty and refreshing – had me laughing out loud one
second and thinking deeply the next.

Katie Piper OBE

A brilliantly witty, always hilarious and unapologetically cutting
take on everything that is wrong with social media. I’ve never
loved Quavers so much!

Dr Ranj

This book is ‘vicked!’ Silly, funny, yet very insightful.

Tez Ilyas

As a fellow povvo, I love Shabaz and this book because it is
informative, hilarious and relatable.

Fats Timbo

I love this book as much as I love my fridge full of assorted
flavour ice! Will make you fall in love with social media again.

Laura Whitmore

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