{"product_id":"9781462831845","title":"Ad Man: A NOVEL","description":"\u003cp\u003eAd Man centers on the rise and fall of Jeff Hanford, a Classified Manager who, because of personal sexual hang-ups and sometimes injudicious, sometimes cruel, sometimes idealistic business attitudes falls victim to his own inner drives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is told from the point of view of three persons who closely observed him and whose lives are changed by Jeff Hanford's bizarre managerial behavior: Al Carmine, Jeff's loyal friend and outside sales manager; Sally Wells, Jeff's secretary and victimized lover; Dana Randolph, Sally's close friend and perceptive natural leader among the telephone advertising saleswomen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAd Man is set in the Classified Advertising department of a daily newspaper, which has traditionally been low paying, female oriented, and neglected as its least glamorous section. The story takes place in the 1960's, prior to computerization, at a time of enlarging advertising revenues, and emerging feminist consciousness in the Classified section of the Daily Huntington in Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164292071664,"sku":"9781462831845","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462831845_p0.jpg?v=1763678770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462831845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}