{"product_id":"spent-9780063453265b","title":"Spent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by the celebrated, bestselling graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel, author of the modern classic \u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eSpent: A Comic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003e, Alison Bechdel returns with a satirical, deeply self-aware work of autofiction. The story follows a cartoonist — a stand-in for Bechdel herself — who runs a pygmy-goat sanctuary in rural Vermont, while the climate-challenged world and a society on the edge of civil breakdown swirl around her. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"\u003eAs her first graphic memoir (about growing up with her taxidermist father) is adapted into a wildly successful TV show, she becomes consumed by envy and existential angst. The novel becomes her attempt to critique consumer capitalism and privilege — railing against society’s injustices, while simultaneously examining her own complicity, guilt, and longing to make a meaningful, ethical life. It is described as “laugh-out-loud,” “brilliant,” and “passionately political.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Truthful, rueful and delightful.” — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817820721232,"sku":"9780063453265B","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780063453265-l.jpg?v=1785866539","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/spent-9780063453265b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}