{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Wagner has written twelve novels and bestsellers, including the famous \"Cellphone Trilogy,\" \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You \u003c\/i\u003e(PEN USA finalist)\u003ci\u003e, I'll Let You Go \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStill Holding\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003e Dead Stars, The Empty Chair, \u003c\/i\u003eand the PEN\/Faulkner-finalist \u003ci\u003eChrysanthemum Palace. \u003c\/i\u003eHe wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series \u003ci\u003eWild Palms \u003c\/i\u003efor producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTracey Ullman's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eState of the Union. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has written essays and articles for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50894018478354,"sku":"9781648210532","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58014a47-aec1-4455-9a14-a1e9e7ee5fa0.jpg?v=1738243765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/force-majeure-9781648210532","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}