The Book of Idle Pleasures Orange Prize for Fiction (2011) 'Pyper is a master architect

'Pyper is a master architect of dread' - LAUREN BEUKES

and the range of their intellectual achievements and failures

of his beloved Gaelic

time travelers and civet cats

I can't recommend it highly enough' (Worddancer Redux)'Every white person who wants to really know how it looks from 'the other side' should take on the responsibility of reading Coates' eye-opening

The Book of Idle Pleasures Orange Prize for Fiction (2011) 'Pyper is a master architectThe Art of Doing Nothing meets The Dangerous Book for Boys in this charming celebration of simple delights. In The Book of Idle Pleasures , the United Kingdom's expert Idlers Tom Hodgkinson and Dan Kieran stand up for the simple pleasures in life . . . by lying down for a nap. With its tongue firmly in its cheek, The Book of Idle Pleasures renounces our world of ever growing consumer overload in favor of the timelessly true adage that the best things