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I Want You to Be Happy
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- Book Synopsis
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AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2026
'Prepare to see this everywhere.' Elle 'I was totally invested.' Saba Sams
'I was utterly enthralled.' Leslie Jamison 'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan
Chuck 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. Funny, excruciating, and true, I Want You to Be Happy is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.
- About The Author
- Jem Calder was born in Cambridge, and lives and works in London. His fiction has been published in The Stinging Fly and Granta, and his debut short story collection, Reward System, was published by Faber in 2022.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780571387458
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, (21 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 135 mm
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