This entertaining book argues that there is a worldwide movement that is just beginning to challenge the cult of speed. The author, Carl Honoré, a London-based Canadian, is a recovering speedaholic. The book begins with a confession: “I am Scrooge with a stopwatch,” he writes, the moment of truth dawning with the realisation that he is speed-reading through his son's bedtime stories. Mr Honoré then sets out on a personal and professional journey in search of a cure.