{"product_id":"spent","title":"Spent","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781787335394\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paper over boards\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wonders- Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathing memoir about her own greed and privilege?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written - as well as, perhaps, the most prescient' OBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\\\"Very funny and self-hating in a good way\\\" ZADIE SMITH \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wonders- Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathing memoir about her own greed and privilege?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut how is she supposed to sit here writing a book when the world hangs on a thread?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this hilariously skewering comic novel, Alison is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a country on the brink of civil war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first graphic memoir about growing up with her taxidermist father has been adapted into a highly successful TV series, \u003ci\u003eDeath and Taxidermy\u003c\/i\u003e. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the TV show racks up Emmy after Emmy, Alison's own envy spirals. Why couldn't she be the writer for a wildly popular reality TV series which shows people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSpent, \u003c\/i\u003ethe celebrated, bestselling author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e presents a laugh-out-loud and passionately political work of autofiction, and once again proves that \\\"nobody does it better\\\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) than the real Alison Bechdel.","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41501826580613,"sku":"PR396846","price":57.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNX93OA5RRC5.jpg?v=1769481040","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/spent","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}