Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits
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Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits

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eBook - ePub

Raven Smith’s Trivial Pursuits

About this book

'Instagram's answer to David Sedaris.' ST STYLE MAGAZINE

'Irresistibly readable.' DOLLY ALDERTON

'You'll laugh. You'll cry.' LENA DUNHAM

A hilarious, smart and incredibly singular debut from Raven Smith, whose exploration of the minutiae of everyday modern life and culture is totally unique and painfully relatable.

Is being tall a social currency? Am I the contents of my fridge? Does yoga matter if you're not filthy rich? Is a bagel four slices of bread? Are three cigarettes a meal?

From IKEA meatballs to minibreaks, join Raven Smith as he reflects on the importance we place in the least important things and our frivolous attempts to accomplish and attain. He also tackles his single-parent upbringing, his struggles as a lonely teenager and his personal experience of coming out.

Packed with brilliant humour, great tenderness and lingering pathos, Raven Smith's Trivial Pursuits is a book for anyone who has ever asked 'when I get to the pearly gates of heaven, will a viral tweet count for or against my entry?'

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Information

Publisher
Fourth Estate
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780008339999
eBook ISBN
9780008339975
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. A Trivial Pursuit
  6. The Fear
  7. Emails
  8. Hotel, Motel, Holiday Thin
  9. Marathon Love
  10. Croissant
  11. The Fridge
  12. People Taking Pictures of People Taking Pictures of the Mona Lisa
  13. The Ghost of Christmas Past
  14. Being Tall
  15. Two Drinks-Drunk
  16. Treasures Untold
  17. Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover
  18. Penis Poirot
  19. Gays for Theresa
  20. Napkins and Serviettes
  21. If the Prime Minister Smelled of Freshly Baked Bread
  22. Never Let Me Go
  23. Kevin Costner Drinks His Own Piss
  24. The Affair
  25. Flesh Tetris
  26. The Fagin of my Friends
  27. What if Jennifer Aniston Isn’t Sad? (And Everything Else that Goes Through my Head in a Yoga Class)
  28. Notes from the Brink
  29. Will I Be a Good Dad?
  30. Aperitivo
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. About the Author
  33. About the Publisher

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