{"product_id":"it-just-happened-9798988168720","title":"It Just Happened","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly Burton is a strange boy. Or, at least, that's what everyone tells him. He lives inside his head; thinking and thinking and dreaming and scheming. But this year-1973-his twelfth year on earth, is like no other. He is constantly under threat from the school psychopath; his dad is under investigation by the Senate Select Committee on Watergate; the odd girl across the street has taken a keen interest in Billy (and him, in her); Bob Woodward is after his dad (unless Billy can stop him); his dog (Mr. Pooch) is out of control and cannot be found; Billy has come into possession of a book entitled \u003cem\u003e\"The Happy Hooker\"\u003c\/em\u003e (and intends to decipher the meaning of all things \"sexy\"); he realizes his new (and only) friend is a juvenile delinquent; and he has somehow come to know the iconoclastic physicist, Richard Feynman (Nobel Prize winner), whose motto is, \u003cem\u003e\"Damn the torpedoes!\"\u003c\/em\u003e-which has become Billy's motto too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1973 is going to be a wild ride for one Billy Burton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil Joanou has directed feature films (\"Three O'clock High\"-\"State of Grace\"-\"U2: Rattle and Hum\" etc. etc.) as well as documentaries, commercials, some television and several music videos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phil Joanou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50456771232018,"sku":"9798988168720","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_faa68b85-e5c9-4e24-b7a0-76dc069ad942.jpg?v=1729918668","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/it-just-happened-9798988168720","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}