{"product_id":"happiness-and-love","title":"Happiness and Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Reading the novel is akin to spending time with a witty if merciless observer of other people's idiocies. There's something of a latter-day Holden Caulfield about the narrator...it possesses an enlivening, claustrophobic charge.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelivered in a single hilarious, brutal paragraph, this is 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 night, laying bare the depravity and decadence of the hosts' empty little lives--a hollowness that the narrator herself knows all too well.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989419966653,"sku":"BS-TC0-062951","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781668062951-HD.jpg?v=1786626244","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/happiness-and-love","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}