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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Care of the elderly The craft of alchemy hasAlain de Botton brings his trademark powers of insight to what most of us do all day work Work makes us. Without it we are at a loss; in work we hope to have a measure of control over our lives. Yet for many of us, it is a straitjacket from which we cannot free ourselves. Criss crossing the world to visit workplaces both ordinary and extraordinary, and drawing on the wit and wisdom of great artists, writers and thinkers, Alain de Botton explores our