The Half-life of Happiness

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [vi], 513, [4]. Quarter bound teal green cloth over paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt to spine; deckled fore-edges. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson (priced at $25.00 to front flap).

Author's third novel. A tragicomic tale of the collapse of a marriage, set against the backdrop of a "gloriously awful" congressional campaign. By the author of the 1989 National Book Award-winning novel, Spartina. "[R]iveting: a richly exciting exploration of that turbulent frontier where the personal intersects with the political. Casey is the Trollope of postmodern America." –Amitav Ghosh