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Books : Happy Hour Is for Amateurs: A Lost Decade in the World's Worst Profession |
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List Price: $23.95Amazon.com's Price: $16.29 You Save: $7.66 (32%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.0207
EAN: 9780061349492
ISBN: 0061349496
Label: William Morrow
Manufacturer: William Morrow
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Sales Rank: 10873
Studio: William Morrow
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
For some people, happy hour is never enough
This is a book about escape. It's also about laughing gas. And bourbon and dope and sex and mushrooms and every other vice millions of us indulge in to forget our jobs, the office, and the stifling, corporate caricatures we're forced to become for paychecks. This is a book about a decade lost in a senseless career no one likes and all the ridiculous things I did to run from it. In the end, it's probably your story as much as mine. We're everywhere. We just can't say it out loud.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Deep, Profound, Hilarious.
Everybody college-aged or older, even at retirement age should read this book. Maybe the only people who wouldn't benefit from the incredible metathemes and greater story are those who are completely self-actualized in perfect jobs and have a perfect life. Those are the only people who may not relate to this book.
Philalawyer has taught me more about life, work, and the pursuit of happiness than most teachers have.
Rating: - A candid view of Emotional Vacancy.
Every so often I a bit of literature that I can fiercely identify with. This is such a book. Looking past the chemical and carnal aids of escape employed by the author, Happy Hour is For Amateurs distinguishes itself as a brilliantly written, caustic renouncement of greed, complacency, and misguided ambitions that plague not just the legal system, but every American workplace.
To those buying this book looking for answers on the legal system; this isn't what you are looking for. ... Read More
Rating: - Try to remember which 'bar' this book is really about....
I feel like a lot of the negative reviews here are missing the point of the book, and of Philalawyer's writing in general.
The book is not fundamentally about the law. I know a lot of people are probably picking it up expecting this, and some of them are bound to be disappointed. These people just probably aren't the ideal audience.
The book is tangentially about being a lawyer, but the main theme of his writings is as the summary says: "This is a book about escape."
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Rating: - A hilarious tale of escape
It's not a secret that this book will not appeal to everyone. This book has actually very little to do with practicing law. It is much more about a story of a man who had ticked all the boxes for success in life by most peoples standards and yet remaining fundamentally unhappy with what he had. This book is about the author coming to the realization that you can live life on your own terms. The stories within deal with some very raw, gritty and yet hilarious topics. If you are wondering if there is ... Read More
Rating: - White Collar Blues
This book really spoke to me. I've worked in cube farms and white collar corporate offices since I was 17, 95% of the time wishing that I was anywhere else. The author put what I was thinking and feeling into words much more clear then I could have and really made me think about my career choices, and gave me a lot of laughs on the way.
Much like his blog, there were moments where it was long winded - but I thought it was more then funny enough to make up for it and still be one of my favorite ... Read More
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