{"product_id":"famous","title":"Famous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man goes to terrifying extremes to adopt his celebrity doppelganger's life in this darkly comedic psychological suspense novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDark Matter \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUpgrade\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe basis for the upcoming A24 film \u003ci\u003eFamous\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Zac Efron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"My name is Lancelot Blue Dunkquist, and the best thing about me is, when you doll me up right, I look just like the movie star James Jansen.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Lance. Thirty-eight years old. Works a meaningless job. Still lives above his parents' garage. By all accounts, a world-class loser. Save for one glaring exception: He has a million-dollar face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLance has been mistaken eighty-seven times for the Oscar-winning movie star James Jansen, and for the last ten years, he's saved his money and studied Jansen's films, his moves, his idiosyncrasies--even the way he speaks. Now, after an unceremonious termination from his job, Lance has decided that the time has come to go after his dream of truly becoming Jansen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom New York's avant-garde, off-off Broadway scene to the glitter of Los Angeles, Lance embarks on a journey toward becoming James Jansen that will take him closer to the star than even he had dreamed--and to darker lengths than he could've possibly imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShot through with dark humor and building to a truly shocking conclusion, \u003ci\u003eFamous \u003c\/i\u003eis a scary, surprising, genre-blending thrill ride as only Blake Crouch can deliver.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54248641593712,"sku":"9798217091560","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_f37b5e23-650b-4162-a2d5-fa13377266d7.jpg?v=1788130759","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/famous","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}