{"product_id":"the-illicit-happiness-of-other-people-paperback","title":"The Illicit Happiness of Other People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManu Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe PEN Open Book Award called Manu Joseph \"that rare bird who can wildly entertain his readers as forcefully as he moves them.\" In \u003cem\u003eThe Illicit Happiness of Other People\u003c\/em\u003e, Joseph brilliantly brings his talents to the story of an Indian Christian family living far afield in south India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been three years since seventeen-year-old Unni Chacko mysteriously fell from a balcony to his death. His family--journalist father Ousep, who smokes two cigarettes at once \"because three is too much\"; mother Mariamma, who fantasizes gleefully about murdering her husband; and twelve-year-old love-struck brother Thoma with zero self-esteem, have coped by not coping. When the post office delivers a comic drawn by Unni that had been lost in the mail, Ousep, shocked out of his stupor, ventures on a quest to understand his son and rewrite his family's story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining family drama with philosophy, social satire with satisfying storytelling, \u003cem\u003eThe Illicit Happiness of Other People\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that the greatest mystery of all--the one most worth our time and energy--is understanding the people we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52617318334746,"sku":"9780393338621","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/ciniSV2JGn9780393338621.webp?v=1785474577","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/the-illicit-happiness-of-other-people-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}