{"product_id":"9781668063002","title":"Happiness and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Reading the novel is akin to spending time with a witty if merciless observer of other peopl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ee’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e idiocies. There\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003es something of a latter-day Holden Caulfield about the narrator…it possesses an enlivening, claustrophobic charge.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing a young woman over the course of one outrageous and insufferable downtown dinner party at the home of her estranged best friends—an artist and curator couple, whom she now realizes stands for everything she detests—\u003ci\u003eHappiness and Love \u003c\/i\u003eis a “deliciously scathing” (\u003ci\u003eVogue \u003c\/i\u003eUK) debut novel about brazen materialism, self-obsession, and the empty careerism of so-called cultural elites.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her perch on the corner of a white sofa, in the beautiful apartment of terrible people, our narrator watches the assembled group of artists, writers, and hangers-on and silently, mercilessly eviscerates them in a “nervy and blisteringly funny” (\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) monologue.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Told in a single long, savage and hilarious paragraph,” this is a novel that can be read “in one delicious go” (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e): the story of an evening that slowly self-destructs, as the guests sip orange wine and await the arrival of a newly famous actress. When the guest of honor finally does arrive, she sets in motion a disastrous end to the evening, laying bare the depravity and decadence of the hosts’ empty little lives—a hollowness that the narrator herself knows all too well.","brand":"Zoe Dubno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48623734063360,"sku":"9781668063002","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1eafa605-e110-463c-bbfa-ed5a5ddab285.jpg?v=1776739139","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9781668063002","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}