{"product_id":"still-holding-paperback","title":"Still Holding - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Wagner has been hailed for his powerful prose, his Swiftian satire, and the scalpel-sharp wit that has, in each of his novels, dissected and sometimes disemboweled Hollywood excess.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his most ambitious book to date, \u003ci\u003eStill Holding, \u003c\/i\u003e Wagner immerses readers in post-September 11 Hollywood, revealing as much rabid ambition, rampant narcissism, and unchecked mental illness as ever. He infiltrates the gilded life of a superstar actor\/sex symbol\/practicing Buddhist, the compromised world of a young actress whose big break comes when she's hired to play a corpse on \u003ci\u003eSix Feet Under, \u003c\/i\u003e and the strange parallel universe of look-alikes -- an entire industry in which struggling actors are hired out for parties and conventions to play their famous counterparts. Alternately hilarious and heartfelt, ferocious and empathetic, \u003ci\u003eStill Holding\u003c\/i\u003e is Bruce Wagner's most expertly calibrated work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68086691791071,"sku":"9780743243384","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/bXWYq6UI189780743243384.webp?v=1792360287","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/still-holding-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}