It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal & burdensome, & never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity & glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers & photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, & many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists & neuroscientists have offered insights into the difficulties & rewards of paying attention to the here & now. With characteristic wit & earthiness, Michael Foley
- author of the bestselling The Age of Absurdity
- draws on the work of these artists & thinkers, & encourages us to delight in the complexities of everyday psychopathology. With astute observation, Foley brings fresh insights to such things as the banality of everyday speech, the madness & weirdness of snobbery, love & sex, & the strangeness of everyday objects & the everyday environment, such as the office. It is all more fascinating, comical & mysterious than you think.