{"product_id":"afterthoughts-richard-ayoade-9780571398201","title":"Afterthoughts: Wisdom for the Unreflective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Ayoade dispenses a lifetime of deepness into over 500 individually digestible thought pellets. Taste, masticate, and savour. You're about to get extremely wise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlato, Aristotle, Montaigne. Men who have searched for meaning with, let's face it, mixed results. Whither the one who can solve it? Cometh the hour, cometh the Ayoade. Yes: another man (in his way) but also something bigger. Bigger even than a big man. Bigger, perhaps, than a generalisation. Like a spirit, maybe? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterthoughts\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond rumination, past pondering, probing further than ever before, drawing from a deeply private pool of questions: a reservoir so refreshing you may never need to think again.\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Ayoade has set down some of his most enormous thoughts for the benefit of all those who dare read them. Thoughts like...\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTV detectives need a gimmick. Mine would be not caring who did it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf, when one door shuts, another door opens, there's something wrong with your doors. They shouldn't be doing that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere's the box to tick if you ARE a robot?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy mother used to say Manners Maketh the Man, but I didn't think it was very mannerly of her to make fun of my lisp.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Ayoade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571398200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571398201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard Ayoade","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072289554687,"sku":"9780571398201","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c14af11b-62d7-421d-9b56-543bbc62186c.jpg?v=1753416361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/afterthoughts-richard-ayoade-9780571398201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}