What is loneliness? A product of the anonymous mass society or part of the human condition? How and why does this tormenting need for connection with others arise, and what does it indicate? Is there a difference between good and bad loneliness? Could it be that a person might even have the best time of their life when they are alone? In his quest for answers to these pressing questions of modern life, Lars Svendsen has taken on the exploration of a phenomenon that affects every individual but is rarely truly questioned. The conclusions he reaches are as surprising as they are provocative - beyond apparent certainties, he must acknowledge: "I have never worked on a topic where the assumptions I started with were so thoroughly disproven.".