{"product_id":"the-last-thunk-9780990619475","title":"The Last Thunk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2019 National Indie Excellence \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGold Medal, Comedy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2018 Foreword Indies Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBronze Medal, Humor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2018-19 Reader Views Literary \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonorable Mention, Humor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e****\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHUNK \u003c\/em\u003e It's the sweet sound an ad-packed magazine makes when it's dropped on a table\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003eAt glitzy Carlyle Nash Media, it's the sound of success. And star publisher Mitch Blake has been happily hearing it for a decade. But when the heavily hyped debut issue of \u003cem\u003eWorld \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003egets panned in the press and advertisers start to flee, Mitch must control the damage. Can he right the ship and protect his reputation? Or will both be sunk by Paul Cavanaugh, a hard-drinking, paranoid, stress-prone staffer who has stolen an item Mitch needs back to avert disaster: a miniature beach ball.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne part pre-recession satire, one part diary of a marketing man coming undone, \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Thunk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a story of betrayal and friendship, love and survival in the crazy, gritty, glamorous world of magazine advertising...as told by the beach-ball thief himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e****\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A BOOZY, BREEZY FREE FALL THROUGH THE MAGAZINE INDUSTRY'S FADING DAYS OF GLORY. \u003cem\u003eTHE LAST THUNK\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003edepicts all the ambition, paranoia, and ethical ambiguity of middle management, and the toll that culture takes on its inhabitants. Take 'Mad Men, ' add 40 years, and you'd get these Mag Men who are captured so vividly by Farrell's four-color glossy writing. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHUNK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e reverberates.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Tom Rock, \u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eGame Seven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"THIS IS A TERRIFIC BOOK--FAST-PACED, HILARIOUS\u003c\/strong\u003e, and so jam-packed with genuine insider dish your eyes will pop. I couldn't put it down \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Gwen Cooper, author of \u003cem\u003eHomer's Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA fast-paced, wickedly funny romp\u003c\/strong\u003e from a writer who has been through the wringer of the magazine world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Charles Salzberg, author of \u003cem\u003eSecond Story Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e****\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerard Farrell has worked in the magazine industry \u003c\/strong\u003esince the late '90s for brands including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAllure\u003c\/em\u003e, and the ill-fated business magazine \u003cem\u003eCond  Nast Portfolio\u003c\/em\u003e. His short humor has appeared in the literary anthology \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Ate His Book\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is a frequent contributor to the literary webzine \u003cem\u003eDucts\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Farmingdale, NY with his wife, Maricel, and their three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Greenpoint Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50848019579154,"sku":"9780990619475","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4c8044a-3baf-4dde-8666-83aaf3663ca4.jpg?v=1737371308","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-thunk-9780990619475","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}