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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Atlanta Book Company.
For Chris Ayres, the young British journalist whose first book, War Reporting for Cowards, was celebrated as "gripping" (People), "blushingly honest" (Los Angeles Times), and "hysterically funny" (CNN), life in Hollywood is no celebrity junket--it's a full-immersion gonzo experiment. After returning to Los Angeles from his harrowing experience in Iraq, Ayres decides to trade the front lines of war for the front lines of the extreme leisure economy. Like Hunter Thompson crossed with one of David Brooks's bobos in paradise, Ayres embeds himself in L.A.'s "leisuretocracy": an over-the-top-everything world of caviar facials, billionaire charity balls, souped-up SUVs, and monster home loans . . . not to mention thousand-dollar-a-night brothels and million-dollar poker tournaments. Ayres's highly leveraged lifestyle lands him a surreal night with a supermodel and a disastrous date at Michael Jackson's birthday party at Neverland Ranch (Ayres bribes the organizers five grand to get in). Dreading his thirtieth birthday and determined to find meaning--and maybe a girlfriend--through gratuitous consumption, Ayres begins to auction his possessions via Craigslist as part of a pledge to "upgrade everything." Bizarrely, he discovers this is the perfect way to meet girls: A succession of "beautiful-but-broke" starlets parade through his living room to buy his old furniture. Naturally, he marries one of them. But disaster is never far away. Whether it's a wildfire the size of Massachusetts in which Ayres becomes trapped or a flood that almost wipes his home off its mountainside, the leisure economy seems to be balanced on a precipice. In the book's brutal final section, Ayres is forced to confront theexcesses of his generation at a scene of apocalyptic destruction: the Katrina-ravaged South. Told with the same blend of offbeat irreverence, genuine pathos, and incisive social commentary as War Reporting for Cowards, Ayres's Death by Leisure is a savage and darkly humorous odyssey that taps directly into the contemporary psyche. Paperback, Label: Grove Press, Grove Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-02-02, Studio: Grove Press, Verkaufsrang: 3753661.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Orbis Tertius Books.
For Chris Ayres, the young British journalist whose first book, War Reporting for Cowards, was celebrated as "gripping" (People), "blushingly honest" (Los Angeles Times), and "hysterically funny" (CNN), life in Hollywood is no celebrity junket--it's a full-immersion gonzo experiment. After returning to Los Angeles from his harrowing experience in Iraq, Ayres decides to trade the front lines of war for the front lines of the extreme leisure economy. Like Hunter Thompson crossed with one of David Brooks's bobos in paradise, Ayres embeds himself in L.A.'s "leisuretocracy": an over-the-top-everything world of caviar facials, billionaire charity balls, souped-up SUVs, and monster home loans . . . not to mention thousand-dollar-a-night brothels and million-dollar poker tournaments. Ayres's highly leveraged lifestyle lands him a surreal night with a supermodel and a disastrous date at Michael Jackson's birthday party at Neverland Ranch (Ayres bribes the organizers five grand to get in). Dreading his thirtieth birthday and determined to find meaning--and maybe a girlfriend--through gratuitous consumption, Ayres begins to auction his possessions via Craigslist as part of a pledge to "upgrade everything." Bizarrely, he discovers this is the perfect way to meet girls: A succession of "beautiful-but-broke" starlets parade through his living room to buy his old furniture. Naturally, he marries one of them. But disaster is never far away. Whether it's a wildfire the size of Massachusetts in which Ayres becomes trapped or a flood that almost wipes his home off its mountainside, the leisure economy seems to be balanced on a precipice. In the book's brutal final section, Ayres is forced to confront theexcesses of his generation at a scene of apocalyptic destruction: the Katrina-ravaged South. Told with the same blend of offbeat irreverence, genuine pathos, and incisive social commentary as War Reporting for Cowards, Ayres's Death by Leisure is a savage and darkly humorous odyssey that taps directly into the contemporary psyche. Paperback, Label: Grove Press, Grove Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-02-02, Studio: Grove Press, Verkaufsrang: 3753661.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, worldreaders.
For Chris Ayres, the young British journalist whose first book, War Reporting for Cowards, was celebrated as "gripping" (People), "blushingly honest" (Los Angeles Times), and "hysterically funny" (CNN), life in Hollywood is no celebrity junket--it's a full-immersion gonzo experiment. After returning to Los Angeles from his harrowing experience in Iraq, Ayres decides to trade the front lines of war for the front lines of the extreme leisure economy. Like Hunter Thompson crossed with one of David Brooks's bobos in paradise, Ayres embeds himself in L.A.'s "leisuretocracy": an over-the-top-everything world of caviar facials, billionaire charity balls, souped-up SUVs, and monster home loans . . . not to mention thousand-dollar-a-night brothels and million-dollar poker tournaments. Ayres's highly leveraged lifestyle lands him a surreal night with a supermodel and a disastrous date at Michael Jackson's birthday party at Neverland Ranch (Ayres bribes the organizers five grand to get in). Dreading his thirtieth birthday and determined to find meaning--and maybe a girlfriend--through gratuitous consumption, Ayres begins to auction his possessions via Craigslist as part of a pledge to "upgrade everything." Bizarrely, he discovers this is the perfect way to meet girls: A succession of "beautiful-but-broke" starlets parade through his living room to buy his old furniture. Naturally, he marries one of them. But disaster is never far away. Whether it's a wildfire the size of Massachusetts in which Ayres becomes trapped or a flood that almost wipes his home off its mountainside, the leisure economy seems to be balanced on a precipice. In the book's brutal final section, Ayres is forced to confront theexcesses of his generation at a scene of apocalyptic destruction: the Katrina-ravaged South. Told with the same blend of offbeat irreverence, genuine pathos, and incisive social commentary as War Reporting for Cowards, Ayres's Death by Leisure is a savage and darkly humorous odyssey that taps directly into the contemporary psyche. Paperback, Label: Grove Press, Grove Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2010-02-02, Studio: Grove Press, Verkaufsrang: 3753661.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks [54239181], AURORA, IL, U.S.A.
An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

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biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,business and investing,communications,education and reference,essays,general,humor, The hilariously intrepid young author of War Reporting for Cowards returns from Iraq only to dive head-first into another absurd, terrifying world: the American leisure class.Like Hunter Thompson crossed with one of David Brooks's bobos in paradise, Ayres embeds himself in LA's "liesuretocracy": an over-the-top world of caviar facials, billionaire charity balls, souped-up SUVs, and monster home loans . . . not to mention $1,000-a-night brothels and million-dollar poker tournaments. Ayres's highly leveraged lifestyle lands him a surreal night with a supermodel, a date at Michael Jackson's birthday party in Neverland Ranch (Ayres bribes the organizers five grand to get in), and a wife courtesy of Craigslist. But disaster is never far away.In the book's brutal final section, Ayres is forced to confront the excesses of his generation at a scene of apocalyptic destruction: the Katrina-ravaged South. Told with a blend of offbeat irreverence, genuine pathos, and incisive social commentary, Death by Leisure is a savage and darkly humorous odyssey that taps directly into the contemporary psyche.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
Grove Press. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books [51315977], Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.

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Death-by-Leisure~~Chris-Ayres, Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale, Hardcover.

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Death-by-Leisure~~Chris-Ayres, Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale.

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Softcover book. Published by Grove Press (2009).