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“... In the fifth chapter of The Art of Travel, Alain deBotton goes on a trip to the Lake District. He takes his girlfriend, ‘M’, and a paperback copy of The Prelude. Applying his talent for summary to the latter, he explains that it prescribes ‘regular travel through nature’ as ‘a necessary antidote to the evils of the city ...”

“... might well have – appeared on Spoons are: Tony Blair, chick-lit, city breaks, Sofia Coppola, Alain deBotton, Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Tracey Emin, exercise videos, foot spas, Ikea, improving the value of your property, Boris Johnson, Kabbalah, lastminute.com, Live8, loft-living, loyalty cards, the ...”

“... When the novelist’s art has made the reader confident of that, he can do the rest for himself. Alain deBotton, a young writer of highly original intelligence, presents in his latest novel, Kiss and Tell, the stylised imaginary biography of an entirely ordinary young woman.* Isabel is seen, naturally, in terms of ...”