Book description
The Book of Idle Pleasures is a restorative gift book for the
stressed out, tired and hassled. An antidote to our non-stop culture,
it is a welcome compendium of timeless delights.
The book lists and reflects on 75 simple pastimes and proves that
the best things in life really are free: lighting fires, skimming
stones, catching falling leaves, whittling, staring out of the window,
dreaming, doodling or taking a nap. The Book of Idle Pleasures
is a celebration of pleasure for its own sake in a world of
consumer overload.
Tom Hodgkinson was born in 1968. His book publications include the
bestselling How To Be Idle, which has been published in fifteen
countries, and How To Be Free. Tom lives in Devon with his
expanding family.
Dan Kieran is deputy editor of the Idler. He edited The
Idler Book of Crap Towns, Crap Jobs, and Crap Holidays
and wrote I Fought the Law. He writes regularly for the
Observer, the Sunday Times, The Times and the Guardian
. Dan lives in South London with his wife Rachel and their son Wilf.
