{"product_id":"arts-entertainments","title":"Arts \u0026 Entertainments","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Beha delivers a cutting send-up of our cultural obsession with celebrity--a deliciously witty, and ultimately tender, novel about the absurdity of fame and the complexity of love sure to appeal to fans of Maria Semple and Jess Walter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sharp-edged satire with heart, \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Entertainments\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Handsome Eddie Hartley who, at thirty-three, has forgone dreams of an acting career for the reality of life as a drama teacher at a boys' prep school. But when Eddie and his wife, Susan, discover they cannot have children, it is one disappointment too many.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeighted down with debt, his wife's mounting unhappiness, and his own deepening sense of failure, Eddie is confronted with an alluring solution when an old friend-turned-web-impresario suggests Eddie sell a sex tape he made with an ex-girlfriend, now a wildly popular television star. Overcoming his initial moral qualms, Eddie figures that in an era when any publicity is good publicity, the tape won't cause any harm--a decision that will have disastrous consequences and propel him straight into the glaring spotlight he once thought he craved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hilariously biting and incisive take-down of our culture's monstrous obsession with fame, \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Entertainments\u003c\/em\u003e is also a poignant and humane portrait of a young man's belated coming-of-age, the complications of love, and the surprising ways in which the most meaningful lives often turn out to be the ones we least expected to lead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836066476237,"sku":"9780062322463","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_b0ec0790-4bbe-4cc9-8623-62f719fd489d.jpg?v=1790992670","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/arts-entertainments","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}