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9%OFFTom Hodgkinson - How to Be Idle - 9780141015064 - V9780141015064
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How to Be Idle

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Description for How to Be Idle Paperback. As Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. The Protestant work ethic has most of us in its thrall, and the idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them. This book presents us with a laid-back argument for a contract between routine and chaos, an argument for experiencing life to the full and living in the moment. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 236.

How to be Idle is Tom Hodgkinson's brilliant guide to reclaiming your right to be idle

'Well written, funny and with a scholarly knowledge of the literature of laziness, it is both a book to be enjoyed at leisure and to change lives' Sunday Times

As Oscar Wilde said, doing nothing is hard work. A burn-out work ethic has most of us in its thrall, and the idlers of this world have the odds stacked against them. But here, at last, is a book that can help. Hodgkinson presents us with a laid-back argument for a new contract ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141015064
SKU
V9780141015064
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About Tom Hodgkinson
Tom Hodgkinson was born in 1968. Since founding the Idler in 1993, he has been a frequent contributor to many newspapers and magazines and appears regularly on TV and radio to discuss 'idler' issues. This is his first book.

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