Happiness

'A gleeful satire on the self-help industry and a must-read' JONATHAN COE 'A gleeful satire on the self-help industry and a must-read.'Jonathan Coe, author of What a Carve Up!When one of those irritating self-help books actually gets it right, then unnatural and worrying times are just around the corner...'A wonderfully asured, gleefully twisted and deeply irreligious satire which manages to be as moving at is funny.'Independent on Sunday'Will Ferguson's talent as a satirist is to be treasured, his wit enlivens every page . . . a glorious romp through modern life.'Literary Review'Aduous Huxley meets Carl Hiaasen (as a blurb-writer at Panderic Press might say).'Independent'A shrewd and often hilarious examination of contemporary mores, anxieties and desires. And it loudly proves the points that laughter is probably the best therapy we are likely to get.'Scotland on Sunday'A sizzling satire on self-help culture.'Daily Mail When one of those irritating self-help books actually gets it right, then unnatural and worrying times are just around the corner . . .While the rest of the country is joining the new HappinessTM cult, Edwin (the wiry, grey-suited, low-level editor at US publisher Panderic Press) is in trouble. A cartel of drug, alcohol, tobacco and drug-rehab bosses have a contract out on him.It's all the fault of the mysterious Tupac Soiree, and his book What I Learned on the Mountain. But who is Tupac? And how can Edwin stop the world from succumbing to this plague of HappinessTM?Will Ferguson has created a comic masterpiece, a brutal satire of modern times.