Saving the Planet and Other Stories

Human life is filled with predicaments. In these eight stories, Theodore Dalrymple examines how people struggle with everyday conflicts and frustrations - or create them for others. The challenges of modern life are revealed to be both tragic and amusing in these enthralling stories touching on the nature of contemporary society, its character and characters.Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor and psychiatrist who has written many books, including Life at the Bottom, Admirable Evasions and Around the World in the Cinemas of Paris.