{"product_id":"captive-audience-lucas-mann-9780525435549","title":"Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLord Fear \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Class A \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \"a tender, humane, comic, brainy, unsettling achievement\" (Paul Lisicky, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Narrow Door: A Memoir of Friendship) \u003c\/i\u003eabout what it means to live an authentic life and what it means to love a person. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Lucas Mann's trademark vein--fiercely intelligent, self-deprecating, brilliantly observed, idiosyncratic, personal, funny, and infuriating--\u003ci\u003eCaptive Audience\u003c\/i\u003e is an appreciation of reality television wrapped inside a love letter to his wife, with whom he shares the guilty pleasure of watching \"real\" people bare their souls in search of celebrity. \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003ea\u003ci\u003eptive Audience\u003c\/i\u003e resides at the intersection of popular culture with the personal; the exhibitionist impulse, with the schadenfreude of the vicarious, and in confronting some of our most suspect impulses reveals surprising connections and the meaning of an authentic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucas Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525435549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525435549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2018 pg. 66","brand":"Lucas Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920086827263,"sku":"9780525435549","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ae9c38a6-285a-4117-9b8d-796f4a8bc7a3.jpg?v=1680813528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/captive-audience-lucas-mann-9780525435549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}