488 rules for life : the thankless art of being correct / Kitty Flanagan with fellow rule-makers Sophie Braham, Penny Flanagan, Adam Rozenbachs ; illustrations by Tohby Riddle.
Publication details: Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2019.Description: xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760875305
- Four hundred and eighty-eight rules for life
- A827.4 827.92 23
- Winner 2020 Australian Book Industry award for general nonfiction Book of the Year.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 827.4 FLA | Available | 069912 |
The number "12" was crossed out and replaced with the number "488" on the title.
488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live. Providing you with the antidote to every annoying little thing, these rules are not made to be broken. 488 Rules for Life is not a self-help book, because it's not you who needs help, it's other people. Whether they're walking and texting, asphyxiating you on public transport with their noxious perfume cloud, or leaving one useless square of toilet paper on the roll, a lot of people just don't know the rules. But thanks to Kitty Flanagan's comprehensive guide to modern behaviour, our world will soon be a much better place. A place where people don't ruin the fruit salad by putting banana in it ... where your co-workers respect your olfactory system and don't reheat their fish curry in the office microwave ... where middle aged men don't have ponytails ... What started as a joke on Kitty Flanagan's popular segment on ABC TV's The Weekly, is now a quintessential reference book with the power to change society. (Or, at least, make it a bit less irritating.)
Winner 2020 Australian Book Industry award for general nonfiction Book of the Year.
