{"product_id":"the-simp-by-roshan-sethi","title":"The Simp by Roshan Sethi","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaj Ladlani is one of thousands in LA: an unemployable actor. He has reasons to believe he is spectacularly talented (his beloved acting coach Anthony says so), a legend in every way but for the success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis anonymous life working at Yogurtland, obsessively reading\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, and fantasizing about stardom, comes to an end when he answers a job ad detailing a relentless, laughable parade of menial responsibilities for a 'Hollywood Family'. So begins the astonishing decline and fall of Raj Ladlani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Simp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of Raj's momentous employment and the destruction that follows in the wake of his time with the H Family: Jim, a macho director determined to prove himself as an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eartist\u003c\/i\u003e; and Anna, his much younger wife who has ambitions of her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd when the job reveals itself to be an absurdist walk through affluent domestic chaos and misguided engagements with identity politics, Raj might be about to lose it - on a very public stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny, poignant, and positively delightful'\u003cbr\u003eGraham Moore, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Holdout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A searing, hilarious farce'\u003cbr\u003eNikesh Shukla, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boxer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHardback \/ 289 Pages \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58526892818813,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781399755689.webp?v=1786538678","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.co.uk\/products\/the-simp-by-roshan-sethi","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}