I Want You to Be Happy where Machiavelli's necessities are replaced

where Machiavelli's necessities are replaced by faded subjectivity

"--The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

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I Want You to Be Happy where Machiavelli's necessities are replacedA tender, witty, and sharp debut novel about the passions and peculiarities of modern love, by "an extraordinarily gifted writer" (Sally Rooney). Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid thirties; she's twelve years younger. He long ago abandoned his ambition of being a novelist and works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. "Lead copywriter," he corrects himself. Joey is living paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages and privately dreams of