{"product_id":"my-american-unhappiness","title":"My American Unhappiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Bakopoulos has invented a man for all rainy seasons--a horny, heartbroken cousin of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe.\" --Tom Piazza\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A winning distraction, a smart entertainment.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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 \u003cem\u003eDear American Airlines\u003c\/em\u003e) claim that \"there's no such thing as unhappiness when you're holding a Dean Bakopolous novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" --NPR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67622491324783,"sku":"9780547549101","price":130.32,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0547549105.jpg?v=1790745677","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/my-american-unhappiness","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}