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Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley´s smart, funny and profound New York Times bestseller - about illness and death - written especially for the baby boom generation.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER´A witty, elegant and unsentimental meditation on the business of getting old´ THE TIMES

The notorious baby boomers are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. ´What was that all about?´ they´re asking. ´Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you´re gone the reputation you leave behind?´ In Old Age: a beginner´s guide, Michael Kinsley answers the questions we are all forced to confront sooner or later.

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"Witty, bracing, thought-provoking" SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE

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Michael Kinsley is a columnist at Vanity Fair, a contributor to the New Yorker, the founder of Slate and the ex (American) editor of the Economist.

www.twitter.com/michaelkinsley

www.michaelkinsley.com

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