Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - This Book Is Not About Fishing
Chapter 2 - Fishing Is Stupid
Chapter 3 - Golf Is Also Stupid
Chapter 4 - Who Is Fred?
Chapter 5 - The Exercise of Skill Is an End in Itself
Chapter 6 - Patience
Chapter 7 - Killing
Chapter 8 - Boredom, Procrastination, and Losing Your Way
Chapter 9 - Comfort
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - This Book Is Not About Fishing
Chapter 2 - Fishing Is Stupid
Chapter 3 - Golf Is Also Stupid
Chapter 4 - Who Is Fred?
Chapter 5 - The Exercise of Skill Is an End in Itself
Chapter 6 - Patience
Chapter 7 - Killing
Chapter 8 - Boredom, Procrastination, and Losing Your Way
Chapter 9 - Comfort
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Mark Kingwell, a critic and professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, is the author of six books, including The World We Want (2001) and Practical Judgments (2002). He is a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, and the Utne Reader.
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Penguin group (Canada), 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)
Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England
Penguin Ireland, 25 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd)
Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124,
Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pry Ltd)
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park,
New Delhi - 110 017, India
Penguin Group (NZ), cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany, Auckland 1310,
New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank,
Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices:
80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England
First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2004
Published in Penguin Books 2005
Copyright © Mark Kingwell, 2003
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