{"product_id":"2940170818136","title":"The Sound of No Hands Clapping: A Memoir","description":"The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling-and laugh-out-loud funny \u003ci\u003eHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen even his friends refer to him in print as \"a balding, bug-eyed opportunist with the looks of a beach ball, the charisma of a glove-puppet, and an ego the size of a Hercules supply plane,\" the odds of Toby Young scoring-in any sense-appear to be slim. But then \u003ci\u003eHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People\u003c\/i\u003e, his account of the five years he spent trying (and failing) to take Manhattan, improbably catapults Toby to bestsellerdom, and his book is translated into twelve languages, including American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow Tinseltown beckons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter receiving a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity from a big Hollywood producer, Toby sets his sights anew on a high-flying career, this time on the West Coast. But it doesn't take long for Toby's fabled \"brown thumb\" and self-sabotaging instincts to reassert themselves. On the home front, though, things seem to be looking up: Toby manages to persuade his girlfriend to marry him and move to Los Angeles-but then she decides to abandon her promising legal career in order to become a fulltime homemaker . . . and mother. Toby's increasingly hapless attempts to pursue a glamorous showbiz career while buried in diapers will strike a chord with all modern fathers struggling to find the right work\/life balance . . . and with their utterly exasperated wives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFailure-and fatherhood-have never been funnier.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098529480944,"sku":"2940170818136","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170818136_p0.jpg?v=1763718679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170818136","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}