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This Age We're Living In

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Only two big facts are known for certain: you are on a large spinning rock hurtling through space at about 67,000 miles an hour, and one day your body is going to die. Will a new pair of shoes really help? —Worth’s 12th Law of Shopping George Worth is a grumpy lifestyle columnist who works in a woman’s world. He hates fashion, mobile phones, computers, and Young People. At night he goes home to a borrowed Labrador and feelings of guilt about his dead wife. Justin Smith is a Young Person. A bright newcomer, he’s always on his cell to his girlfriend, surfing the internet, and keeping abreast of the latest trends. Then comes the day when Justin’s girlfriend throws him out and he finds himself having to share an apartment with George. As the women around them watch and wonder both men start to work out what really matters among the obsessions and distractions of modern life.

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This Age We're Living In, David Wilson

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Pubblicato
2007
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Titolo
This Age We're Living In
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Black Swan
Pubblicato
2007
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
304
ISBN10
0552773786
ISBN13
9780552773782
Serie
Descrizione
Only two big facts are known for certain: you are on a large spinning rock hurtling through space at about 67,000 miles an hour, and one day your body is going to die. Will a new pair of shoes really help? —Worth’s 12th Law of Shopping George Worth is a grumpy lifestyle columnist who works in a woman’s world. He hates fashion, mobile phones, computers, and Young People. At night he goes home to a borrowed Labrador and feelings of guilt about his dead wife. Justin Smith is a Young Person. A bright newcomer, he’s always on his cell to his girlfriend, surfing the internet, and keeping abreast of the latest trends. Then comes the day when Justin’s girlfriend throws him out and he finds himself having to share an apartment with George. As the women around them watch and wonder both men start to work out what really matters among the obsessions and distractions of modern life.