{"product_id":"happy-bad-a-novel","title":"Happy Bad: A Novel","description":"\"Nolan is a skillful satirist, and one whose aim is extensive, wickedly funny and true.\"—New Orleans Times-Picayune\n\n\"A self-assured debut that is also a warning.\"—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\n\n\"Delaney Nolan has written a brutal, joyful, surprising, and gorgeous novel of human contradictions. It’s a stunner.\"—Julia Phillips, author of Bear and Disappearing Earth\n\nHernan Diaz meets Ottessa Moshfegh in this madcap road trip chronicle; a moving display of human connection in the face of violence and climate destruction from a remarkable new voice in fiction.\n\nBeatrice works at Twin Bridge, a chronically underfunded residential treatment center in near-future East Texas, teeming with enraged teenage girls on either too many or not enough drugs. On a normal day, it’s difficult for Beatrice and the other staff—Arda, Carmen, and Linda—to keep their cool in dust-blown Askewn. But when a heat wave triggers a massive, sustained blackout, Beatrice and the other staff and residents must evacuate. Facing police brutality, sweltering heat, panicked evacuees, the girls’ mounting withdrawal, and the consequences of her own lies, they search for a route out of the blackout zone. A catastrophe novel by turns tender and hilarious, fueled by a low-simmering political rage, Happy Bad is a rocket arrived on Earth.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1662603282\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1662603282.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nolan, Delaney\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41576479948858,"sku":"DBV.1662603282.G","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1662603282-0.jpg?v=1785727533","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/happy-bad-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}