{"product_id":"9781480457744","title":"Not Exactly What I Had in Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eA funny and incisive collection of essays on oddities of life in the 1980s, from one of America’s most cherished humorists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1985, \u003ci\u003eNot Exactly What I Had In Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is Roy Blount Jr.’s smart and witty examination of the era’s most glaring absurdities—from the ever-growing deficit under then-president Reagan to the Game Theory–like levels of strategy required to pack for a vacation. In “Testimonial, Head-on,” Blount offers a loving ode to the virtues of full-bodied beer. In “Who You Gonna Call?” he enumerates the indefatigable charms of Bill Murray. And in “What You Personally Can Do about the Federal Deficit,” he proposes a brilliantly simple and populist way to reduce government debt—and probably make your neighborhood post office very happy in the process.\u003cbr\u003ePowered by Roy Blount’s irresistible sense of humor, \u003ci\u003eNot Exactly What I Had in Mind \u003c\/i\u003erevels in Reagan-era topics, but with a humor that is truly timeless.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125624291568,"sku":"9781480457744","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781480457744_p0.jpg?v=1763619627","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480457744","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}