The Geography of Bliss

The Geography of Bliss

By Eric Weiner
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“Think Don Quixote with a dark sense of humor and a taste for hashish and you begin to grasp Eric Weiner, the modern knight-errant of this mad, sad, wise, and witty quest across four continents. I won’t spoil the fun by telling if his mission succeeds, except to say that happiness is reading a book as entertaining as this.” 

Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is.

Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy?

In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.
 

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  1. Elliotts12
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    A very uneven explication of bliss

    Recommended with reservations. First of all, Weiner should definitely not read his own material. This would be a much better experience if done by a pro. As it is, it sounds like a high schooler reading his term paper. Second, Weiner is no Troost. He hits some good analysis of his subject from time to time, but frequently his self-referential material will make one cringe. So, if you're willing to sort the wheat from the chaff, there's some good stuff here. If you're not, pray this guy finds an editor.

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