Everyday life is often devalued as banal, especially in our culture besotted with fantasy and celebrity. Yet many writers and artists have celebrated ordinary life, and many philosophers, psychologists and neuroscientists have offered insights into the rewards of paying attention to the here and now. With characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of THE AGE OF ABSURDITY - draw on the work of these artists and thinkers, and with astute observation brings fresh insights into every day speech, the strangeness of everyday objects, the madness of snobbery, love and sex.