Thinking about It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
- ISBN-10
- 1783350695
- ISBN-13
- 9781783350698
- Category
- English wit and humor
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-01
- Publisher
- Guardian Faber Publishing
- Author
- David Mitchell
Description
Why is my jumper depreciating? Why are people so f***ing hung up about swearing? Why do the asterisks in that sentence make it okay? Why do so many people want to stop other people doing things, and how can they be stopped from stopping them? Why is every film and TV programme a sequel or a remake? Why are we so reliant on perpetual diversion that someone has created chocolate toothpaste? Is there anything to be done about the Internet?..These and many other questions trouble David Mitchell as he delights us with a tour of the absurdities of modern life. Funny, provocative and shot through with refreshing amounts of common sense - drawn from Mitchell's 'Observer' columns and including new material - 'Thinking About it Only Makes It Worse' celebrates and commiserates on the state of things in our not entirely glorious world.
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