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Eric Weiner’s Geography of Bliss hits the NYT bestseller list

By thomascrampton ⋅ February 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

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The Geography of Bliss - which I photographed here in Hong Kong’s airport - has attained lucky No #8 status on the NYT-bestseller list just before Chinese New Year!

Congrats to my friend Eric Weiner, a self-described mope and longtime foreign correspondent for National Public Radio based out of Asia (He was also based in Delhi and Jerusalem).

In his reports from more than thirty countries, Eric distinguished himself by not only covering wars and other major world events, but by zooming in to the burning issues we really want to know about: Japan’s high-tech toilets and Baghdad’s pet market.

Subtitled One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World Eric’s book investigates why some countries are happy, including:

• India Happiness and misery live side-by-side.

• Bhutan The king has made Gross National Happiness a national priority.

• Switzerland Residents believe envy is the great enemy of happiness.

• Iceland Despite being cold, remote, and full of failure, is among the world’s happiest places – and for good reason, the author finds.

Great book! I highly recommend it.

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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...