How to be good HOW TO BE GOOD

Author: [UK] Nick Hornby
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Publish Date: 2006-07-22
Features: Bestselling book from The Times (UK) and The New York Times (USA). When the London version of "Desperate Housewives" encounters the standard "nice guy" Nick Hornby, who deeply understands London's popular culture and is immersed in the urban secular life, excels at depicting the intricate British humor with a touch of sadness, earning the reputation as a master of "comedy of depression." "How to Be Good" is Nick Hornby's masterpiece, published in 2000, which satirizes the work of the British literary genius Alain de Botton's "The Consolations of Philosophy." Kate is a doctor, a good person, with one son and one daughter, living a happy middle-class life. However, after years of marriage, life has become somewhat dull and tasteless, especially her husband David, who, due to writing a newspaper column supposedly titled "Harrowing Angry Men," seems to have become more eccentric, sharp-tongued, and selfish. Without warning, and even to Kate's own surprise, while calling David at a parking lot in a foreign place, she casually blurts out her desire for a divorce. From then on, the scales of life tilt, and Kate finds herself, while David also becomes extremely anxious about it. However, ironically, during his search for psychological help, David meets a spiritual master named "Good News," who suddenly transforms into a "standard nice guy" who "reports early and makes reports late." Things start to get complicated.