{"product_id":"the-simp-by-roshan-sethi-9781399755696","title":"The Simp","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searing, hilarious farce\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNikesh Shukla, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRaj Ladlani is one of thousands in LA: an unemployable actor. He has reasons to believe he is spectacularly talented (his beloved acting coach Anthony says so), a legend in every way but for the success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis anonymous life working at Yogurtland, obsessively reading \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and fantasizing about stardom, comes to an end when he answers a job ad detailing a relentless, laughable parade of menial responsibilities for a 'Hollywood Family'. So begins the astonishing decline and fall of Raj Ladlani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simp\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Raj's momentous employment and the destruction that follows in the wake of his time with the H Family: Jim, a macho director determined to prove himself as an \u003ci\u003eartist\u003c\/i\u003e; and Anna, his much younger wife who has ambitions of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when the job reveals itself to be an absurdist walk through affluent domestic chaos and misguided engagements with identity politics, Raj might be about to lose it - on a very public stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47521739833580,"sku":"9781399755696","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/0bc11c1385f107339de4c0fa2fa4aea7.jpg?v=1776126228","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-simp-by-roshan-sethi-9781399755696","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}