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Apr 09, 2011joshsmith rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I found this book extremely cold. It is nicely produced and well written, but the author seems entirely removed from his subject. The title could more accurately have been "The futility of work." I got as far as his discussion of accounting, which I know a bit about. De Botton fails to capture any of the actual pleasures or frustrations of accounting. His treatment focusses entirely on the vacuity of the public face of accounting. I quit reading at this point. There are actual pleasures in working. But they escape de Botton.