{"product_id":"let-nothing-you-dismay-isbn-9780375700965","title":"Let Nothing You Dismay","description":"\"Uproarious...one of the funniest writers around.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTad Leary has problems. Just fired from his job at a Manhattan private school, about to be evicted from his sublet, and stalled on his dissertation (\"Social Hierarchies of Imaginary Places\"), he wakes up on the Sunday before Christmas to realize he has seven parties to attend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA trooper in jeans and a pressed white shirt, he sets off for brunch with his eccentric family, an afternoon performance-art piece by a friend sporting little more than a tattooed goatee, a dinner party where he runs into an ex-girlfriend, a late-night soiree where he spars with an ex-boyfriend, and more. With a charming combination of wit, wisdom--and just a little whimpering--Tad charts a survivalist's course through Manhattan's social hierarchies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delight.... By turns zany and meditative, satirical and mellow...a gently bittersweet comedy.\"--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise, hilarious stocking stuffer.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\"A delight...Academic pretense, bohemian fakery...sibling rivalry, the search for love and the \u003cbr\u003ecomforts of friendship. \u003ci\u003eLet Nothing You Dismay\u003c\/i\u003e ties them all together in a well-told story...By turns zany and meditative, satirical and mellow\"        \u003cbr\u003e--Dan Cryer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Uproarious...One of the funniest writers around\"        \u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise, hilarious stocking stuffer, the kind to read five days before Christmas every year.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michael Musto, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wryly comic, sweetly aphoristic\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Thoroughly, hilarious\" \u003cbr\u003e--Susannah Meadows, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The guy practically takes language out to the park to play with it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Mark Bazer, \u003ci\u003eBoston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003eMark O'Donnell lives New York City.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303246876901,"sku":"NP9780375700965","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375700965.jpg?v=1767731332","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/let-nothing-you-dismay-isbn-9780375700965","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}