Tom Hodgkinson

Nothing doing

Three new books on idleness say that toiling and spinning are distinctly overrated

  • In Praise of Wasting Time

    Alan Lightman

    Ted Books, pp. 118

  • Idleness: A Philosophical Essay

    Brian O’Connor

    Princeton, pp. 214

  • On Doing Nothing: Finding Inspiration in Idleness

    Roman Muradov

    Chronicle Books, pp. 106

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