Count No Man Happy
Scott Randall
April 2027
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A childless professional couple trade cryptic YouTube clips instead of discussing their shaky marriage. Two unassuming government clerks carpool into the office for thirty years and never discuss much at all. A precocious six-year-old looks forward to her birthday party and accidentally realizes that her parents' happiness depends on hers.
The fatalists, catastrophists, and defeatists of Count No Man Happy struggle to repress their past troubles, evade future losses, and maintain an unwise hope all at the same time. But what if nothing terrible comes to pass? When none of their imagined disasters and misfortunes happen? Where does all that wasted worry go? With humour and inventiveness, Scott Randall explores how we stumble toward resilience despite ourselves.
Scott Randall has published three previous short story collections and one novel. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared widely in Canadian magazines and literary journals. His third story collection, And to Say Hello, won the Ottawa Book Award; and he has won writing honours from publications such as The Dalhousie Review, Event Magazine, The New Quarterly, Prairie Fire, and The Walrus
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Format: Trade paper
Size: 8 x 5 in.
Pages: 217