num_pages: 288
description: Cumbernauld was built to be the town of the future...that is if the future looked like a really rubbish episode of Doctor Who. It's also home to Walter Wedgeworth a child stuck in a uniquely dysfunctional family controlled by the tyrannical Fishtank whose CB Radio aerial is a metal middle finger to all the neighbours on Craigieburn Road. When 11-year-old Walter discovers the corpse of a baby inside a cardboard box he resolves to ignore it pretend it didn't happen. But the child's fate haunts Walter bringing him into conflict with the world around him. Walter's journey will lead him from childhood to adulthood; school college bereavement Britpop his first job Blackpool the Spice Girls feuds with his neighbour and finally...face-to-face with a child killer. Taking place in the 90s Happiness Is Wasted On Me is a genre-blending tale that spans a decade in the life of Walter. It's a coming of age tale a family drama a mystery and a biting dark comedy. Ultimately it's the story of how even the strangest people can find their way in the world.This is Kirkland Ciccone's first novel for adults.
language: English
title: Happiness is Wasted on Me
publisher: Fledgling Press