{"product_id":"bring-the-house-down","title":"Bring the House Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF GLAMOUR'S BEST BOOKS FOR BOOK CLUBS - A theater critic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe writes a vicious one-star review of a struggling actress he has a one-night stand with in this sharply funny, feminist tinderbox. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eAND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent...brilliant...a fiery reminder that we still have so far to go when it comes to men behaving poorly and getting away with it.\"\u003ci\u003e--LitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A binge-worthy novel that explores our obsessions, our inner critic, and who we \u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e we are in person and in print. Intimate, real, and really funny. This one has teeth.\" --Kiley Reid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCome and Get It \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Lyons always has his mind made up by the time the curtain comes down at a performance--the show either deserves a five-star rave or a one-star pan. Anything in between is meaningless. On the opening night of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he doesn't deliberate over the rating for Hayley Sinclair's show, nor does he hesitate when the opportunity presents itself to have a one-night stand with the struggling actress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnaware that she's gone home with the theater critic who's just written a career-ending review of her, Hayley wakes up at his apartment to see his scathing one-star critique in print on the kitchen table, and she's not sure which humiliation offends her the most. So she revamps her show into a viral sensation critiquing Alex Lyons himself--entitled son of a famous actress, serial philanderer, and by all accounts a terrible man. Yet Alex remains unapologetic. As his reputation goes up in flames, he insists on telling his unvarnished version of events to his colleague, Sophie. Through her eyes, we see that the deeper she gets pulled into his downfall, the more conflicted she becomes. After all, there are always two sides to every story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant Trojan horse of a book about art, power, misogyny, and female rage, \u003ci\u003eBring the House Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, insightful, and often hilarious debut that captures the blurred line between reality and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47687759364317,"sku":"9780385551076","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3765\/8589\/files\/imageloader_6f989bf4-e663-4d45-8748-ca1049e4ade9.jpg?v=1774038280","url":"https:\/\/bookshelfbliss.com\/products\/bring-the-house-down","provider":"Bookshelf Bliss","version":"1.0","type":"link"}