{"product_id":"9781648210532","title":"Force Majeure","description":"Author: Bruce Wagner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781648210532\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForce Majeure\u003c\/i\u003e was called a \"smashing debut novel\" by the \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e upon its original publication in 1991. A sardonic and absurdly dark, yet hilarious take on the \"business as usual\" of Hollywood's twisted class system that proved Bruce Wagner was not just an author, but a cultural anthropologist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The perpetually up-and-coming Hollywood screenwriter, Bud Wiggins, drifts aimlessly in and out of the lives of others and from one script idea to another. Moonlighting as a limo driver to pay his bills, he finds himself immersed in a world of vanity and degradation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wagner infuses his novel with the familiar archetypical characters of Hollywood-a nihilistic producer, an aging film star, an obnoxious mogul-and exposes the madness that drives them all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46836347043998,"sku":"ADS-9781648210532","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781648210532.jpg?v=1778738417","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781648210532","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}