{"product_id":"9781477275689","title":"BROCK DOWNSIZED: A Novel","description":"\"Brock Downsized\" – the story  When the prostheses and condom manufacturing factory where Bill Brock has been Communications Manager goes belly-up Brock finds himself out on the street. In this comic but ultimately serious novel, Brock is obliged to take up the somewhat undignified role of wedding videogra¬pher.  At the same time he is suddenly faced with a series of mid-life setbacks.  His prostate goes floppy down, and the jolly, high-spirited doctors pre¬scribe every type of wrong medication, while at the same time the nutty sexy wife of his nutty psychiatrist tries to seduce him, his aged father is dying in a nursing home, his nextdoor neigh¬bor draws him unwittingly into a kiddyporn ring, and his artist son is implicated as a terrorist storing fertilizer and metal bomb parts in the family's backyard, while his daughter’s infatuation with a married man is about to drive him crazy.  After all this, and quite a bit more, Brock finds himself, one could say, a bit discomfitted.  Brock’s spirit is indomitable, however, as he flounders about attempting to gain  control over his life. The humor is laugh-out-loud comical, and yet the book has moments that are often deeply moving, while eschewing false sentimentality.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164992946416,"sku":"9781477275689","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781477275689_p0.jpg?v=1763613774","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781477275689","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}