How to be a Better Person
基本信息·出版社：Atlantic Books ·页码：304 页 ·出版日期：2009年04月 ·ISBN：184354976X ·International Standard Book Number：184354976X ·条 ...
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基本信息·出版社：Atlantic Books
·页码：304 页
·出版日期：2009年04月
·ISBN：184354976X
·International Standard Book Number：184354976X
·条形码：9781843549765
·EAN：9781843549765
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 This title presents the hilarious, occasionally heartwarming, adventures of a volunteering cynic. "How to Be a Better Person" will establish Seb Hunter alongside John O'Farrell, Charlie Brooker and Bill Bryson, as one of Britain's leading humourists. It promises to be his breakout book. When Seb Hunter accidentally picks up the phone to a charity fundraiser one day, he faces a moment of reckoning. It isn't so much that he lacks a social conscience; but he can no longer assuage it by buying the odd copy of the Big Issue and eating Fairtrade chocolate. So he decides to sign up, transform good intention into commitment, and get involved in as different types of volunteering as possible.From falling out with fellow do-gooders at Oxfam (where he sold Vanessa Feltz's old clothes to local transvestites) to becoming embroiled in labyrinthine bureaucracy on behalf of a Congolese asylum seeker; from hospital radio to litter picking; and, from working at a homeless drop-in centre to averting climate change (although not all simultaneously), he sheds blood, sweat, and tears in the name of Good Causes. But can working for no financial reward actually make you a 'better person'?
"How to Be a Better Person" is a hilarious antidote to cynicism - as inspiring as it is wildly entertaining.
作者简介 Seb Hunter is the author of two previous books, Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict (2004) and Rock Me Amadeus: When Ignorance Meets High Art, Things Can Get Messy (2006). He is one third of the avant-drone ensemble, Crater, in which he plays guitar and electronics. He lives in Winchester with his wife and young son.
媒体推荐 "'Seb Hunter is as good as it gets.' The Times 'A book that could do for heavy metal what Fever Pitch did for Arsenal... This funny, honest book is both a homage to his first great love, and a deconstruction of that most maligned of pop forms. You can enjoy it without having heard a single heavy metal track. For that alone, Seb, we salute you.' Observer"
