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How to be a Better Person Main Edition
Author(s): Seb Hunter (Author)
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- Publication Date: 1 April 2009
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 184354976X
- ISBN-13: 9781843549765
Book Description
Spurred on by a cold call from a charity fundraiser, Seb Hunter decided to transform good intention into commitment and spend two years trying to improve himself by signing up for as different types of volunteering as possible. From falling out with fellow do-gooders at Oxfam (where he sold Vanessa Feltz’s old clothes to local transvestites) to battling bureaucracy on behalf of a Congolese asylum seeker; from hospital radio to litter picking; and from working at a homeless drop-in centre to campaigning to avert climate change, he sheds blood, sweat and tears in the name of Good Causes. But can working for no financial reward really make you a ‘better person’? How to Be a Better Person is a hilarious antidote to pessimism, as uplifting as it is wildly entertaining. It’s a call to arms! Oh no it’s not! Well, it is, sort of…
Editorial Reviews
Review
“‘Seb Hunter is as good as it gets.’ The Times ‘A book that could do for heavy metal what Fever Pitch did for Arsenal… This funny, honest book is both a homage to his first great love, and a deconstruction of that most maligned of pop forms. You can enjoy it without having heard a single heavy metal track. For that alone, Seb, we salute you.’ Observer”
About the Author
Seb Hunter is the author of two previous books, Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict (2004) and Rock Me Amadeus: When Ignorance Meets High Art, Things Can Get Messy (2006). He is one third of the avant-drone ensemble, Crater, in which he plays guitar and electronics. He lives in Winchester with his wife and young son.
