{"product_id":"still-holding-9780743243384","title":"Still Holding","description":"\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner has been hailed for his powerful prose, his Swiftian satire, and the scalpel-sharp wit that has, in each of his novels, dissected and sometimes disemboweled Hollywood excess.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his most ambitious book to date, \u003ci\u003eStill Holding, \u003c\/i\u003e Wagner immerses readers in post-September 11 Hollywood, revealing as much rabid ambition, rampant narcissism, and unchecked mental illness as ever. He infiltrates the gilded life of a superstar actor\/sex symbol\/practicing Buddhist, the compromised world of a young actress whose big break comes when she's hired to play a corpse on \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under, \u003c\/i\u003e and the strange parallel universe of look-alikes -- an entire industry in which struggling actors are hired out for parties and conventions to play their famous counterparts. Alternately hilarious and heartfelt, ferocious and empathetic, \u003ci\u003eStill Holding\u003c\/i\u003e is Bruce Wagner's most expertly calibrated work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWagner, Bruce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e (a PEN Faulkner fiction award finalist); \u003ci\u003eStill Holding\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI'll Let You Go\u003c\/i\u003e (a PEN USA fiction award finalist); \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eForce Majeure\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327742054674,"sku":"9780743243384","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a60bb89-a3f4-480d-8694-04de790e1252.jpg?v=1727719740","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/still-holding-9780743243384","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}