{"product_id":"option-daniel-lyons-9780306817410","title":"Option$: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs","description":"Welcome to the mind, to the world of Fake Steve Jobs. Fake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: \"Obviously we can't literally put our employees' lives at risk. But we have to make them feel that way.\" Fake Steve the political hobnobber: \"I can see why they keep Nancy Pelosi under wraps. Wacky as a dime watch.\" Fake Steve quoting friend\/musician\/philosopher Bono on road etiquette: \"Tink about dat next toim yer cuttin off some bloke and you don't know who it is, right? Could be Jay-sus. Or Boutros Boutros-Ghali or sumfin.\" And on, yes, himself: \"Geniuses have feelings, too.\" In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThank You for Smoking\u003c\/i\u003e and in the spirit of \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOptions\u003c\/i\u003e is a novelistic sendup and takedown of Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C., as viewed by a central character who exists, to his immense self-satisfaction, at the crossroads of all three worlds: \"It's like in one of those movies where a guy realizes he's got telekinetic powers and it's just too bad if he doesn't want them, he's got them. Likewise, I have this gift. It's who I am.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306817411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306817410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2008 pg. 28","brand":"Daniel Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119546200319,"sku":"9780306817410","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4538c392-bd94-46cd-b717-b3d3faedf603.jpg?v=1687409876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/option-daniel-lyons-9780306817410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}