{"product_id":"happy-9781785151149","title":"HAPPY","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHAPPY\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nicola Barker. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781785151149.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2017* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018* *LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018* A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR AN INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR From the internationally acclaimed, Man Booker-shortlisted Nicola Barker comes a new novel, a post-post apocalyptic story that overflows with pure creative talent. Imagine a perfect world where everything is known, where everything is open, where there can be no doubt, no hatred, no poverty, no greed. Imagine a System which both nurtures and protects. A Community which nourishes and sustains. An infinite world. A world without sickness, without death. A world without God. A world without fear. Could you...might you be happy there? H(A)PPY is a post-post apocalyptic Alice in Wonderland , a story which tells itself and then consumes itself. Its a place where language glows, where words buzz and sparkle and finally implode. Its a novel which twists and writhes with all the terrifying precision of a tiny fish in an Escher lithograph – a book where the mere telling of a story is the end of certainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45119244632117,"sku":"ByrdShop_1785151142","price":33.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781785151149_66c5b66e-746c-43ce-812f-6d7b51a5e6a0.jpg?v=1778790047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/happy-9781785151149","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}