{"product_id":"9781909609266","title":"I Have a Complaint to Make","description":"Fred Carton, at the age of twenty-five, is stranded in a small country town surrounded by bowler hats and umbrellas; he owns neither. He steadfastly refuses to catch an early morning train anywhere, let alone to a City office.\u003cp\u003eIf the price of living in this world is working for five days out of seven, he is not sure that the place is worth the price. 'Any fool can go to work,' he says, 'Surviving without it is a much more subtle manoeuvre.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Fred's half-hearted attempts to find an alternative fail spectacularly. When he tries to make money, he loses his girlfriend in a poker game...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pressures - and Fred's sense of alienation - increase. Finally he cracks. He buys a gun...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Good for a laugh.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuberon Waugh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr Bellamy is best when he is being sexy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I found it all uproariously funny... Fred's comic denial of life is life-enhancing. Thank you, Mr Bellamy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTribune\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thistle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978003489008,"sku":"9781909609266","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909609266","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}