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Yet, when it comes to movies, TV and novels, the workplace is often conspicuously absent (unless, of course, the lead character is a policeman).
Alain deBotton is a philosopher and author of bestselling books like Status Anxiety, The Art of Travel and The Consolations of Philosophy.
His latest book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work explores what we get up to each day and why, and what makes that work fulfilling or soul-destroying.
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