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Hector and the Search for Happiness video interview
Posted On: May 3, 2010
Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Gallic Books
<i>Hector and the Search for Happiness</i> video interview

Hector and the Search for Happiness, which has sold well over 2 million copies worldwide, has just been published in English. George Miller met the author, Francois Lelord, recently to find out more about this modern-day fable. This short video is the result.

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An extract from Hector and the Search for Happiness
Posted On: April 7, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Gallic Books
An extract from <i>Hector and the Search for Happiness</i>

Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He’s very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they’re just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can’t do much for them, and it’s beginning to depress him. In this extract, follow him to China in his search for what it means to be happy.

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An interview with François Lelord
Posted On: April 5, 2010
Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Gallic Books
An interview with François Lelord

François Lelord has had a successful career as a psychiatrist both in the United States and France. He now devotes his time to writing, and is the author (in conjunction with Christophe André) of a number of best-selling self-help books. His new novel, Hector and the Search for Happiness, has just been published by Gallic Books.

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Download a chapter from The Age of Absurdity
Posted On: February 18, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Download a chapter from <i>The Age of Absurdity</i>

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture.

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Join Hector in his search for happiness
Posted On: December 2, 2009
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Gallic Books
Join Hector in his search for happiness

Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He’s very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they’re just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can’t do much for them, and it’s beginning to depress him.

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