{"product_id":"the-simp","title":"The Simp","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399755696\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePICKED FOR ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you're already missing HACKS, this will fill the void'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebutiful, \u003c\/i\u003e'The Most Anticipated Debut Books of 2026'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, poignant, and positively delightful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGRAHAM MOORE, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Holdout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A searing, hilarious farce'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNIKESH SHUKLA, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaj Ladlani is one of thousands in LA: an unemployable actor. He has reasons to believe he is spectacularly talented (his beloved acting coach Anthony says so), a legend in every way but for the success.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis anonymous life working at Yogurtland, obsessively reading \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and fantasizing about stardom, comes to an end when he answers a job ad detailing a relentless, laughable parade of menial responsibilities for a 'Hollywood Family'. So begins the astonishing decline and fall of Raj Ladlani.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simp\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Raj's momentous employment and the destruction that follows in the wake of his time with the with the H Family: Jim, a macho director determined to prove himself as an \u003ci\u003eartist\u003c\/i\u003e; and Anna, his much younger wife who has ambitions of her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when the job reveals itself to be an absurdist walk through affluent domestic chaos and misguided engagements with identity politics, Raj might be about to lose it - on a very public stage.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41860232249477,"sku":"PR435294","price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTGCLG02CQG2.jpg?v=1789121704","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-simp","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}