{"product_id":"how-to-be-idle-tom-hodgkinson-9780060779696","title":"How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYearning for a life of leisure? In 24 chapters representing each hour of a typical working day, this book will coax out the loafer in even the most diligent and schedule-obsessed worker.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the founding editor of the celebrated magazine about the freedom and fine art of doing nothing, \u003cem\u003eThe Idler\u003c\/em\u003e, comes not simply a book, but an antidote to our work-obsessed culture. In \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Idle\u003c\/em\u003e, Hodgkinson presents his learned yet whimsical argument for a new, universal standard of living: being happy doing nothing. He covers a whole spectrum of issues affecting the modern idler--sleep, work, pleasure, relationships--bemoaning the cultural skepticism of idleness while reflecting on the writing of such famous apologists for it as Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Johnson, and Nietzsche--all of whom have admitted to doing their very best work in bed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's a well-known fact that Europeans spend fewer hours at work a week than Americans. So it's only befitting that one of them--the very clever, extremely engaging, and quite hilarious Tom Hodgkinson--should have the wittiest and most useful insights into the fun and nature of being idle. Following on the quirky, call-to-arms heels of the bestselling\u003cem\u003e Eat, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation\u003c\/em\u003e by Lynne Truss, \u003cem\u003eHow to Be Idle\u003c\/em\u003e rallies us to an equally just and no less worthy cause: reclaiming our right to be idle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Hodgkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060779691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060779696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.16h x 5.02w x 0.90d","brand":"Tom Hodgkinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048275046655,"sku":"9780060779696","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e8149cb-3804-4d61-8f3f-edd2d4b9c786.jpg?v=1684994880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-be-idle-tom-hodgkinson-9780060779696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}