{"product_id":"9780812979503","title":"Mere Anarchy","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere, in his first collection since his three hilarious classics \u003ci\u003eGetting Even\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWithout Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSide Effects\u003c\/i\u003e, Woody Allen has managed to write a book that not only answers the most profound questions of human existence but is also the perfect size to place under any short table leg to prevent wobbling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn hysterical flights of inspirational sanity we are introduced to a cast of characters only Allen could imagine: Jasper Nutmeat, Flanders Mealworm, and the independent film mogul E. Coli Biggs, just to name a few. Whether he is writing about art, sex, food, or crime, he is explosively funny. In “This Nib for Hire,” a Hollywood bigwig comes across an author’s book in a little country store and describes it in a way that aptly captures this magnificent volume: “Actually,” the producer says, “I’d never seen a book remaindered in the kindling section before.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMere Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The stories in\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMere Anarchy deliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start.”\u003cbr\u003e–Janet Maslin,\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Uproarious . . . In each story the ornate and the vulgate slam together and make it rain polysyllabic absurdity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nostalgically enjoyable . . . The stories in \u003ci\u003eMere Anarchy \u003c\/i\u003edeliver the same joys and foibles that have been with its author from the start.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant neurotica . . . unfailingly entertaining . . . [an] obsessive and seriously funny book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–Los Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Like the Carnegie’s one-pound sandwiches, Allen’s literary slapstick is . . . comedy on wry.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e–USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016668430576,"sku":"9780812979503","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812979503_p0.jpg?v=1763737670","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812979503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}