{"product_id":"arts-entertainments-9780062322463","title":"Arts \u0026 Entertainments","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Beha delivers a cutting send-up of our cultural obsession with celebrity--a deliciously witty, and ultimately tender, novel about the absurdity of fame and the complexity of love sure to appeal to fans of Maria Semple and Jess Walter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp-edged satire with heart, \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Entertainments\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Handsome Eddie Hartley who, at thirty-three, has forgone dreams of an acting career for the reality of life as a drama teacher at a boys' prep school. But when Eddie and his wife, Susan, discover they cannot have children, it is one disappointment too many.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeighted down with debt, his wife's mounting unhappiness, and his own deepening sense of failure, Eddie is confronted with an alluring solution when an old friend-turned-web-impresario suggests Eddie sell a sex tape he made with an ex-girlfriend, now a wildly popular television star. Overcoming his initial moral qualms, Eddie figures that in an era when any publicity is good publicity, the tape won't cause any harm--a decision that will have disastrous consequences and propel him straight into the glaring spotlight he once thought he craved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hilariously biting and incisive take-down of our culture's monstrous obsession with fame, \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Entertainments\u003c\/em\u003e is also a poignant and humane portrait of a young man's belated coming-of-age, the complications of love, and the surprising ways in which the most meaningful lives often turn out to be the ones we least expected to lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeha, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChristopher Beha is a deputy editor at \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. His essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eWhat Happened to Sophie Wilder\u003c\/em\u003e and the memoir \u003cem\u003eThe Whole Five Feet\u003c\/em\u003e. A New York City native, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409509028114,"sku":"9780062322463","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ad5488e-6edd-4db1-9ea8-4d6ecaec1729.jpg?v=1729289292","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/arts-entertainments-9780062322463","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}