BITS OF ME ARE FALLING APART

Book ID/图书代码： 05380008B20336

English Summary/英文概要： One morning in August 2007, William Leith wakes up and realises that something is wrong. He is not in a bed, but on an old mattress on the floor. He is not in a house. He is in his office. He is alone. He no longer lives with his little boy and the mother of his little boy. Mentally, he is at the end of his tether. Physically, he is fraying at the edges. Bits of him are falling apart. But then again, so is everything else - the economy, the environment, the very fabric of society. With his trademark darkly humorous mix of personal story and social commentary, Leith attempts to answer the question: is everything really falling apart? Or is it just him? He examines the ageing process in humans, and in everything else as well, from the universe to the banking system. And he comes to realise that, even if he can’t solve the problems of the world, at least he has a thorough understanding of failure.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 再次，作者以自身經驗出發，以同樣詼諧幽默的口吻，敘述關於老化的相關議題。(VC)

Awards/获奖情况："He’s an extremely good writer. Very funny... His analysis of why our monetary system is the root of all evil is bordering on genius, such is its simplicity and confidence. He is succinct and brilliant on how society requires us to work harder and harder just to maintain the status quo. And his super-macro-explanation of humanity’s impending ruin is wonderful." -- Sunday Times
"Despite the perpetual pessimism, Leith is also very funny... Even his most random disquisitions contain glorious nuggets of information" -- The Observer
"Leith’s writing [is] an incomparable pleasure... Leith is never more fascinating than when he’s not writing about the thing he’s supposed to be writing about. It’s in his riffs, his digressions, his parentheses, his random insights and his stylistic flourishes that his real (and considerable) talents lie...The final 20 pages, especially, are heart-stoppingly brilliant: a car-crash-in-slow-motion portrait of middle-aged yearning, hope and tragic self-delusion smashing headlong into the brick wall of reality." -- James Delingpole, Mail on Sunday

About the Author/作者介绍： William Leith is one of Britain’s best-known journalists. He writes regularly for Guardian, the Observer, and the Daily Telegraph. His last book was THE HUNGRY YEARS, also published by Bloomsbury, and widely acclaimed.

Format:HARDCOVER

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