{"product_id":"a-star-is-bored-paperback","title":"A Star Is Bored - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eByron Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute knockout. Riotously funny and wickedly tender.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- Taylor Jenkins Reid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones and the Six \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWildly funny and irreverent... Lane's writing lifts the novel far above its gossamer Hollywood setting, suffusing  the novel] with a complex sensitivity.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A hilariously heartfelt novel influenced in part by the author's time assisting Carrie Fisher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of Summer 2020 - Named a Must-Read Summer book by \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e - Named One of the 14 Best Books of Summer 2020 by \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e - One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's 2020 Titles to Watch - One of the 30 Best Beach Reads According to \u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe needs an assistant. \u003cbr\u003eHe needs a hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for a wild job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Worst Dressed list. She's an actress in need of assistance, and he's adrift and in need of a lifeline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKathi is an icon, bestselling author, and award-winning movie star, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She's also known in another role: Outrageous Hollywood royalty. Admittedly so. Famously so. Chaotically so, as Charlie quickly discovers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie gets the job, and his three-year odyssey is filled with late-night shopping sprees, last-minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life, assisting the great forces that be, or can he step into his own life's leading role? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny, and searingly poignant, Byron Lane's \u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that, like the star at its center, is enchanting and joyous, heartbreaking and hopeful.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eByron Lane \u003c\/b\u003eis a playwright living in Los Angeles. Before becoming a writer, he was the personal assistant to Carrie Fisher for three years. \u003ci\u003eA Star Is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250581717241,"sku":"9781250266507","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ajF1U3NKZVpINUowM2xpeU05alhndz09.webp?v=1768664234","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-star-is-bored-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}