{"product_id":"how-i-became-stupid-9780142004951","title":"How I Became Stupid","description":"Ignorance is bliss, or so hopes Antoine, the lead character in Martin Page's stinging satire, \u003ci\u003eHow I Became Stupid--\u003c\/i\u003ea modern day \u003ci\u003eCandide\u003c\/i\u003e with a Darwin Award like sensibility. A twenty-five-year-old Aramaic scholar, Antoine has had it with being brilliant and deeply self-aware in today's culture. So tortured is he by the depth of his perception and understanding of himself and the world around him that he vows to denounce his intelligence by any means necessary in order to become \"stupid\" enough to be a happy, functioning member of society. What follows is a dark and hilarious odyssey as Antoine tries everything from alcoholism to stock-trading in order to lighten the burden of his brain on his soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142004951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.04h x 5.12w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2004 pg. 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/2004 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Martin Page","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43433801613493,"sku":"9780142004951","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_c81d75d0-c0c7-4a15-bb68-7838aea3ae02.jpg?v=1703569464","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-i-became-stupid-9780142004951","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}