Carey, Peter. Bliss, Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Vintage Australia, 2005.
Bliss is the story of an advertising executive, Harry Joy, who briefly 'dies' of a heart attack. On being resuscitated, he realizes that the life he has previously drifted aimiably through is in fact Hell – literally so to Harry. The dilemma of Harry Joy is both funny and terrifying, for Harry wakes up in Hell, tortured by those he loves, and by the dreams and nightmares he once created for profit. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is and takes up a notebook to explore and notate the true nature of the Underworld. Bliss is a love story about a man who misunderstands the world so totally that he almost gets it right.
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