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*A Happy Marriage*
That is the title of the new novel by Rafael Yglesias. Here is a tiny excerpt:
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.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 12, 2009 at 09:21 AM in Books, History | Permalink
Comments
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.
Posted by: David Jinkins at Jul 12, 2009 3:55:36 AM
The link to the "Dr. Neruda's Cure for Evil" post is broken, which is a shame since I thought I was the only one who had read that book. (Not literally, but I don't know anyone else who did.)
Posted by: Lindemann at Jul 12, 2009 8:09:13 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.
www.politics-prose.com
Posted by: Vi | Maximizing Utility at Jul 14, 2009 8:36:14 AM
Woohoo!very good!!!well done......
Posted by: supra shoes at Jul 15, 2009 3:03:28 AM
Ugh, I sampled this on my Kindle and barely got through the first few pages. This was in part due to anticipatory revulsion at the thought of getting TMI about Matt Yglesias, although I get a similar nails-on-chalkboard sensation from other contemporary authors. Here, though, I think it was mostly being hit in the face from the first line with context-free sappiness. You've got to build up to that level of presumed emotional engagement.
Posted by: Amber at Jul 15, 2009 4:00:31 PM
