Monday, June 29, 2009

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton

My review of de Botton's new book in the Toronto Star.
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1 comment:

Clare said...

Have you seen this? http://www.steamthing.com/2009/06/review-of-alain-de-bottons-pleasures-and-sorrows-of-work.html

In the comments de Botton lashes out at NYT reviewer

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