{"product_id":"9781743539767","title":"These Things Happen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Fleet's hilarious, heartbreaking account of the life-or-death battle for his soul\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 30 years Greg Fleet has been one of Australia's most widely known and best loved comedians. For the same period, he's had a drug habit that has delivered him comedy and tragedy in equal parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the high road: a genius wit and prodigious work ethic take him from NIDA and \u003ci\u003eNeighbours\u003c\/i\u003e, to Shakespeare and award-winning theatre, and on to acclaim and adoration on stand-up stages all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the low road: a yearning for true love mutates into a downward spiral of addiction - a maelstrom of faked and near deaths, shared houses and needles, twisted trysts with cocaine and ice on the road to rock bottom... and, just maybe, redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom first gentle kiss to hate-fuelled wrecking ball, Greg Fleet has written the most mesmeric of memoirs - part guilty pleasure, part sweet poison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese things happen ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THESE THINGS HAPPEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"for all its deadpan style this is a cautionary tale ... about drug addiction, being rocked by life and salvaging the things you love.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThese Things Happen\u003c\/i\u003e strikes a rare balance, tackling a difficult subject with redemptive humour but never hiding from the gravity of it.\" Irvine Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152124199152,"sku":"9781743539767","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781743539767_p0.jpg?v=1763707023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781743539767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}