Alain de Botton: 'The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work'
Alain de Botton explores the joys and perils of the modern workplace, beautifully evoking what other people get up to all day - and night - to make the frenzied contemporary world function. Alain de Botton is a writer of essayistic books that have been described as a 'philosophy of everyday life.' He has written on love, travel, architecture, and literature.