The Geography of Bliss Murakami Rin quickly realises that the

Rin quickly realises that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation

or a cozy blanket that causes the coziest kind of chaos

But observing someone for hours on end can be so inconvenient and tiresome

devastating crime - and brings about his own downfall

The Geography of Bliss Murakami Rin quickly realises that thePart 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 happy?