{"product_id":"9780571387458","title":"I Want You to Be Happy","description":"By: Jem Calder     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e* AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST - LIMITED FIRST EDITION: featuring an exclusive hidden cover *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Prepare to see this everywhere.' \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was utterly enthralled.' Leslie Jamison \u003cbr\u003e'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Will appeal to \u003ci\u003eCleopatra And Frankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e fans, and the setting and themes is reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eEvenings And Weekends\u003c\/i\u003e.' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long abandoned his ambition of becoming a novelist and now works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. 'Lead copywriter,' he corrects himself. Joey lives paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages and privately dreams of making it as a poet. They go back to Chuck's luxury flat-a world away from Joey's cramped house-share, the crumbs in her bed. Soon, Joey's imagining a future between them, and Chuck's moving on from a mistake in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny, excruciating, and true, \u003ci\u003eI Want You to Be Happy \u003c\/i\u003eis a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48631283515619,"sku":"DTRFFUK-9780571387458","price":128.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49015717167331,"sku":"DTRMCUS-9780374620554","price":172.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/getimage_ac2a3069-21cf-46bf-8598-704d7650d9e5.jpg?v=1775105171","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh-mo\/products\/9780571387458","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}