My American Unhappiness

<p>"Bakopoulos has invented a man for all rainy seasons--a horny heartbroken cousin of Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe." --Tom Piazza</p><p>"A winning distraction a smart entertainment." --<em>New York Times Book Review </em></p><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><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>