{"product_id":"timmy-failure-mistakes-were-made-9780763669270","title":"Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An endearingly pathetic antihero with delusions of greatness. . . . Seldom has failure been so likable -- or so funny.\"\u003ci\u003e -- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake Timmy Failure--the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total, and what you have is Total Failure, Inc. From the offbeat creator of \u003ci\u003ePearls Before Swine\u003c\/i\u003e comes an endearingly bumbling hero in a hilarious caper accompanied by a whodunit twist. With perfectly paced visual humor, Stephan Pastis gets readers snorting with laughter, then slyly carries the joke a beat further--or sweetens it with an unexpected poignant moment--making this a comics-inspired story that truly stands apart from the pack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephan Pastis \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eTimmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made \u003c\/i\u003eand its three sequels, as well as the acclaimed comic strip \u003ci\u003ePearls Before Swine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591516328210,"sku":"9780763669270","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b223aa14-280a-43b0-9520-8b5294f61d69.jpg?v=1737079824","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/timmy-failure-mistakes-were-made-9780763669270","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}