num_pages: 288
description: Describes the author's return from a stint as a war correspondent in Iraq to immerse himself into the American leisure economy, detailing his experiences in a world of gratuitous consumption, billionaire charity balls, million-dollar poker tournaments, and hedonistic parties, as well as his confrontation with the excesses of his generation in the wake of the destruction of hurricane Katrina. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale
titlecomplete: Death by Leisure: A Cautionary Tale
genres: Memoir, Humor, Biography Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 129
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press