The Pursuit of Happiness

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781480449800

<DIV><DIV><b>Finalist for the National Book Award: A deftly comic novel of family and society set in 1960s Chicago</b></div><DIV><BR>&ldquo;Being free with the permission of society is not being free at all,&rdquo; says William Popper, the central character in this quietly ironic first novel. William and his girlfriend, Jane, are sensible University of Chicago graduates, happy lovers, children of good families&mdash;and self-described anarchists. When William accidentally runs over an elderly woman and is charged with manslaughter, their lives veer unexpectedly off path. As the consequences of William&rsquo;s accident compound, the two find themselves butting up against the society they seek to drop out of.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This National Book Award&ndash;nominated debut still speaks to those who remain idealistic in a cynical world.</div></div>