{"product_id":"the-temptation-to-be-happy-the-international-bestseller-9781786073525","title":"The Temptation to Be Happy: The International Bestseller","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Sad, funny, wise and unblinkingly honest, this is truly wonderful.’ \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘I like the smell of pines and the aroma of freshly washed laundry. I like the rattle of hail on windowpanes and the texture of volcanic rock. I like the light in the sky when the sun has gone down.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCesare is an unlikely hero. As he says himself, ‘I am seventy-seven years old, and for seventy-two years and one hundred and eleven days I threw my life down the toilet...’ Is it too late for him to rediscover his passion for love and life?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAlready an international bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Temptation to Be Happy\u003c\/em\u003e is a coming-of-age story like no other. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Immensely charming... Uplifting and very much on the side of life.' \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Sad, funny, wise and unblinkingly honest, this is truly wonderful.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Uh-oh, here comes another one of those colourful curmudgeons who drop pearls of senior wisdom on their way to a new lease on life. Cesare certainly fits the stereotype, but he’s funny, interesting and grumpy enough to stay on the winning side of the formula.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Immensely charming... Uplifting and very much on the side of life.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Marone’s characters, irreverent and absurd, embark on adventures they had ceased to allow themselves to imagine in this darkly comedic take on ageing.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An impressive literary feat…a charming tale of opportunities taken and missed.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eReading Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Lorenzo Marone is the new voice that literature needs.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unforgettable...comical and cynical while remaining tender and dramatic.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Temptation to be Happy\u003c\/em\u003e is that very rare thing - a book that can make you both laugh and cry... Marone's undoubted skill [is] demonstrated in some beautiful lyrical passages.'\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eTripFiction\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Poignant...[with] moments of touching eccentricity.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003ebookoxygen\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A wonderful novel about ageing – ironic and light-footed.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eItalien Magazin\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Packed with dark humour, the writer's embodiment of a near-octogenarian is an impressive feat.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eNorthern Echo\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A charming tale.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A toast to real happiness!’ \u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eLa Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A book that touches the heart...wonderfully honest, ingenious, quick and tragic.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eSiegener Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This novel owes its success largely to Lorenzo Marone’s wonderful character Cesare Annunziata, and to the funny and paradoxical fact that this is an excellent coming-of-age novel whose protagonist is over seventy years old.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eIl Mattino\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Comic, ironic, sarcastic descriptions that will make you smile but will also make you take a deep look at life in old age.’\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eWochenspiegel\u003c\/i\u003e *","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195367354711,"sku":"9781786073525","price":14.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786073525.jpg?v=1763647301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-temptation-to-be-happy-the-international-bestseller-9781786073525","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}