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This Is Happiness

Niall Williams

The November 2025 Late Show Book Club Pick! The rain is stopping. Nobody in the small, forgotten village of Faha remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard was a condition of living. Now--just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of electricity--it is stopping. Seventeen-year-old Noel...

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The book was referenced as Williams' 2019 novel that precedes Time of the Child, serving as a thematic predecessor.

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Time of the Child is Williams' latest novel, a companion piece rather than a sequel to his 2019 novel, This Is Happiness.

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The book was referenced as Williams' 2019 novel that precedes Time of the Child, serving as a thematic predecessor.

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Time of the Child is Williams' latest novel, a companion piece rather than a sequel to his 2019 novel, This Is Happiness.

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