My American Unhappiness -- Dean Bakopoulos

<p>"Bakopoulos has invented a man for all rainy seasons--a horny, heartbroken cousin of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe." --Tom Piazza <p/>"A winning distraction, a smart entertainment." --<em>New York Times Book Review </em> <p/>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 <em>Dear American Airlines</em>) claim that "there's no such thing as unhappiness when you're holding a Dean Bakopolous novel." <p/>"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</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Dean Bakopoulos<br><b>Publisher:</b> Houghton Mifflin<br><b>Published:</b> 07/03/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.59lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.07h x 5.29w x 0.84d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780547549101<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><b