{"product_id":"they-went-another-way-a-hollywood-memoir-9781250370334","title":"They Went Another Way: A Hollywood Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly comic memoir about being a working creative person in a world that is growing ever more dysfunctional, by acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist and television writer Bruce Eric Kaplan.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn January 2022, Bruce Eric Kaplan found himself confused and upset by the state of the world and the state of his life as a television writer in Los Angeles. He started a journal to keep from going mad, which eventually became \u003ci\u003eThey Went Another Way\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's through line traces his attempt to get a television project set up in the increasingly Byzantine world of Hollywood. But as he details the project's ups and downs, Kaplan finds himself ruminating not only on show business but also on today's political and social issues, on old movies and TV shows and music, on his family, on his friends, on his past, on his failing heating system, and on all the dead birds that keep showing up in his backyard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis hilarious and surprisingly moving book is about life--about art, about love, about alienation, about connection, about ugliness and beauty, about disappointment, wonder, and hope. In short, it is about everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Eric Kaplan was born in New Jersey and moved to Los Angeles when he was twenty-one. He had a million bad jobs until finally, he became a television writer and producer. Over the years, he worked on such shows as \u003ci\u003eSeinfeld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently, he is a writer\/producer on two Netflix shows, \u003ci\u003eNo Good Deed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eToo Much\u003c\/i\u003e, both currently scheduled to premiere at the end of 2024. Kaplan is also a cartoonist. He first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e over thirty years ago and he has been a regular contributor ever since. He has done over a thousand cartoons as well as over a dozen covers for the magazine. After his children were born, he started writing and illustrating picture books. The first was called \u003ci\u003eMonsters Eat Whiney Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and he subsequently wrote four other picture books. In addition, he has three collections of cartoons published, written and illustrated four picture books for adults, and wrote and illustrated a memoir, \u003ci\u003e I Was a Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Henry Holt \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875540603154,"sku":"9781250370334","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6ac8747-25e1-43da-a579-ab4d7b2603b0.jpg?v=1738290474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/they-went-another-way-a-hollywood-memoir-9781250370334","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}