{"product_id":"force-majeure-9781648210532","title":"Force Majeure","description":"\u003ci\u003eForce Majeure\u003c\/i\u003e was called a \"smashing debut novel\" by the \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e upon its original publication in 1991. A sardonic and absurdly dark, yet hilarious take on the \"business as usual\" of Hollywood's twisted class system that proved Bruce Wagner was not just an author, but a cultural anthropologist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The perpetually up-and-coming Hollywood screenwriter, Bud Wiggins, drifts aimlessly in and out of the lives of others and from one script idea to another. Moonlighting as a limo driver to pay his bills, he finds himself immersed in a world of vanity and degradation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wagner infuses his novel with the familiar archetypical characters of Hollywood--a nihilistic producer, an aging film star, an obnoxious mogul--and exposes the madness that drives them all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648210532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576","brand":"Bruce Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44655225733301,"sku":"9781648210532","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0c73e22f-52b9-4ef9-9338-3c6ac7feced5.jpg?v=1727192126","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/force-majeure-9781648210532","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}