{"product_id":"true-failure-paperback","title":"True Failure - 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\u003eAlex Higley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA twisting examination of life under late capitalism and the deceptions we inhabit to invent our own success stories.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBen just lost his job, but he won't fess up to his wife Tara. Instead, while he claims to be going to work, he's actually devoting his time to auditioning for the wildly popular reality TV show \u003ci\u003eBig Shot\u003c\/i\u003e, where he'll be able to pitch his unique entrepreneurial idea. Meanwhile, Tara is lying to the parents of the children at her day care, turning in fabricated accounts of the kids' daily activities. And Marcy, the producer of \u003ci\u003eBig Shot\u003c\/i\u003e, has told her coworkers she's taking some time to \"unplug,\" the better to avoid explaining her real reasons for getting away from the office . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLies are the air \u003ci\u003eTrue Failure\u003c\/i\u003e's characters breathe: lies to themselves and lies to others, lies that comfort and confound. In this extraordinary novel, worthy of a place alongside the work of Joy Williams and Charles Portis, Alex Higley pokes a hole in the greatest and most perfidious lie of our time--that we are all either successes or failures in life--with warmth, wit, and wounding observation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Higley is the author of \u003ci\u003eCardinal\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the PEN\/Bingham Award) and \u003ci\u003eOld Open\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding editor of Great Place Books. Raised in Colorado, he currently lives southwest of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263344296185,"sku":"9781566897136","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/iNIL9NorAu9781566897136.webp?v=1768818377","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/true-failure-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}