{"product_id":"9781472526014","title":"The Grand Gesture","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe world was cruel to Simeon Duff\u003cbr\u003eMad and mired in the deepest slough\u003cbr\u003eNobody seemed to give a stuff\u003cbr\u003e'bout Simeon, Simeon Duff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimeon Duff is working class, unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He's lost all self-esteem. He's on the scrap heap and wants to end it all . . . and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWhen word gets out that Duff is going to top himself, a host of ne'er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork, each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their 'noble cause'. Let's face it, why waste a death? But which cause shall it be . . . love, politics, religion, or the rising price of fish? \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWill the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAn adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's \u003ci\u003eThe Suicide\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), \u003ci\u003eThe Grand Gesture \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty satire of lobbyists seeking political control.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183776153840,"sku":"9781472526014","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472526014_p0.jpg?v=1763598296","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472526014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}