*A Happy Marriage*

by on July 12, 2009 at 9:21 am in Books, History | Permalink

That is the title of the new novel by Rafael Yglesias.  Here is a tiny excerpt:

Although a credulous consumer, Enrique was a skeptical lover, and he demanded to know what was wrong.

I devoured this book eagerly on a plane flight and I recommend it highly to those who are married, have been married, will be married, should be married, and should not be married. 

The blogger son Matt, in the form of a fictional persona, makes numerous cameo appearances.  The economist Paul Joskow, in the form of a fictional persona, makes a cameo appearance.  In real life he is Matt's uncle.

How many other novels explain to you — tongue in cheek — the exact difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?

In my view Rafael Yglesias is one of the best American novelists of the last twenty years and probably the most underappreciated.  Here is my earlier post on his earlier novel Dr. Neruda's Cure for Evil.

David Jinkins July 12, 2009 at 3:55 am

So you think those who would be made neither better or worse off by a potential marriage and who will never be married won’t like the book.

Vi | Maximizing Utility July 14, 2009 at 8:36 am

Hi Tyler,

I have not read the book, but I just noticed that Yglesias is having an author event at Politics and Prose on July 23rd. I thought you might be interested in going to hear him speak and/or getting your book signed.

http://www.politics-prose.com

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