About “The Pursuit of Happiness”
The Pursuit of Happiness is set in Manhattan on Thanksgiving eve, 1945, during the aftermath of World War II. The story follows Eric Smythe's party, where his sister Sara and a gatecrasher named Jack Malone, a US Army journalist returning from defeated Germany, become central figures in a narrative shaped by postwar New York's dynamic optimism and the subsequent McCarthy witch-hunts.
Book details
- Published
- 2001
- Latest edition
- 2001 · ISBN 9781841976525
- ISBN
- 9781841976525
Frequently asked questions
How many pages is The Pursuit of Happiness?
The Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy has 856 pages.