Download or read book The Optimists written by Andrew Miller and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His optimism about life shattered after a visit to an African massacre site, London photojournalist Clem Glass falls into a deep depression and withdraws from everyone except his mentally troubled sister, whom he nurses back to health, until an opportunity arises to confront his own demons. By the author of Casanova in Love. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 12,000 first printing.