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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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2007
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Titre
This Age We're Living In
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Black Swan
Publié
2007
Format
souple
Pages
304
ISBN10
0552773786
ISBN13
9780552773782
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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.