{"product_id":"9781526621900","title":"Why Didn't You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays","description":"Author: Jenny Diski\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526621900\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoose the pursuit of happiness if you really must, but there are better things to do with a life, unless freedom from difficulty is the only acceptable existence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own diagnosis with cancer. Her columns in the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e     selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, ranged from subjects as various as happiness, social psychology, self-absorption and cats     have been described as 'virtuoso performances', and 'small masterpieces'. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOriginal, opinionated and well ahead of her time, this collection will allow readers old and new to 'read Diski for the pleasures of Diski, but also read Diski to learn what we may think, in the future, about how, were we possessed by foresight, we might have better performed our humanity in the now' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619436777630,"sku":"UBD-9781526621900","price":42.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526621900.jpg?v=1773899717","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526621900","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}