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My American Unhappiness"Bakopoulos has invented a man for all rainy seasons a horny, heartbroken cousin of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe." Tom Piazza "A winning distraction, a smart entertainment." New York Times Book Review A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders, a renegade when it comes to bureaucracy, Zeke asks almost everybody he meets, "Why are you so unhappy?" The answers he receives a mix of true sadness and absurd complaint become the core of an
"Bakopoulos has invented a man for all rainy seasons--a horny, heartbroken cousin of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe." --Tom Piazza
"A winning distraction, a smart entertainment." --New York Times Book Review A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders, a renegade when it comes to bureaucracy, Zeke asks almost everybody he meets, "Why are you so unhappy?" The answers he receives--a mix of true sadness and absurd complaint--become the core of an obsessive project, "The Inventory of American Unhappiness," a project that becomes all the more personally meaningful as he follows steps outlined in a women's magazine on finding the perfect mate. Incisively tapping the voice of one of the most charming--and deluded--narrators to come along in years, Dean Bakopolous captures our zeitgeist with lacerating wit and a big heart, confirming Jonathan Miles's (author of Dear American Airlines) claim that "there's no such thing as unhappiness when you're holding a Dean Bakopolous novel." "Hilarious and heartfelt . . . This funny-sad novel seems to take elements of the author's own life . . . and twists them in a funhouse mirror--with delightful results." --NPRBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 07/03/2012
ISBN: 9780547549101
Pages: 277
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.07h x 5.29w x 0.84d
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/29/2012 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 08/12/2012 pg. 26
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