{"product_id":"spent-by-alison-bechdel-9781787335394","title":"Spent","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written — as well as, perhaps, the most prescient'\u003c\/em\u003e OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eVery funny and self-hating in a good way\u003c\/q\u003e — ZADIE SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut how is she supposed to sit here writing a book when the world hangs on a thread?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this hilariously skewering comic novel, Alison is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a country on the brink of civil war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer first graphic memoir about growing up with her taxidermist father has been adapted into a highly successful TV series, \u003cem\u003eDeath and Taxidermy\u003c\/em\u003e. It's a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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?!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSpent\u003c\/em\u003e, the celebrated, bestselling author of the modern classic \u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e presents a laugh-out-loud and passionately political work of autofiction, and once again proves that \u003cq\u003enobody does it better\u003c\/q\u003e (New York Times) than the real Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46837950382316,"sku":"9781787335394","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3a7c5985d177aee922eb9fc4da63322c.jpg?v=1758652515","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/spent-by-alison-bechdel-9781787335394","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}