{"product_id":"9781596917361","title":"I Was Howard Hughes","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart \u003ci\u003eGreat Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e, part \u003ci\u003eThis Is Spinal Tap\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Carter's hilarious debut paints a fictional portrait of a biographer, his notorious subject, and the illusions we hold about fame and fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Hughes embodied the American dream: envied by powerful men, desired by beautiful women, Hughes lived his life larger than all who surrounded him and yet died an emaciated recluse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis makes him the perfect subject for red-hot biographer Alton Reece. Riding high on the wave of previous astonishing successes, Reece sees Hughes as more than simply a name worth the seven-figure advance he's demanding from his publisher. He finds in Hughes a kindred spirit of greatness, a man misunderstood and beaten down by jealous inferiors. But even as Reece struggles to \"know\" his subject, his own rapidly unraveling life keeps finding unexpected ways to intrude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a deft comic touch and an astounding narrative style, Steven Carter's novel creates a picture of a Hughes that might have been, a biographer that can't separate his subject from his own visions of grandeur, and a public that demands its heroes be larger than life-if only so they can be more easily torn down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176004174064,"sku":"9781596917361","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781596917361_p0.jpg?v=1763815158","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781596917361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}