Status Anxiety, by Alain de Botton

I loved Alain de Botton's other books (The Art of Travel, How Proust Can Change Your Life), and this one was no different. De Botton is a thinker, articulate and wise and funny all at the same time, and the books are a pleasure, every single word. In case I haven't spoken highly enough of him already, let me just say that, after reading Status Anxiety, I thought that maybe Thoreau wasn't so crazy after all.