Coming out March 9, 2027! Past American Library in Paris de Groot Visiting Fellow Dina Nayeri’s novel, A Happy Death, will be published by Algonquin Books!
“Though it’s fiction, A Happy Death is somehow the truest thing I’ve ever written. Or maybe I should say it’s the most naked, the first book written entirely in my own natural voice: that messy, feral, snarky person who lives inside my head.” Nayeri tells PEOPLE.
All Fours meets Albert Camus in this joyful, mordant, poignant, and engrossing novel by “a master storyteller” (The Guardian)
Middle-aged and done with the cheap promises of capitalism, the biting, horny, and philosophical Mina abandons Manhattan for Edinburgh and a life devoted to pleasure and solitude. She joins a sauna, takes up jiu-jitsu, and scours dating apps for play with men half her age. But when she meets Maisie, a sassy old Scotswoman, and Robert, a terminal American client with a memoir to write, the purpose of her life suddenly, and very brightly, comes into focus. An uproarious, unforgettable portrait, A Happy Death explores the monumental surprises that life can bring as one woman attempts to seize all she can for herself and everyone around her.
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You can find Dina on Instagram, @dinanayeri