What is happiness? A J Thorne unravels the lives of several people to try and find out. Dan'l, his AWOL anti-hero, acts almost as an amoral thread running though the book affecting the lives of those around him - sometimes stitching them up One thing is clear from the outset: life's not fair; that if some achieve happiness by default, some have it thrust upon 'em. Some, however, do not; whatever they do. We've just got to accept it Or have we? Maybe, by breaking a few rules... The writer is no Hampstead thinker (just wishes he was) so examines the lives of ordinary people, people like Dan'l. It all started when he bought that wretched motor car...