{"product_id":"9780008701871","title":"The Man in the Moon by Andrew Barrow","description":"Are all aspiring stand-up comics as tragic as Baby Reindeer? If William is anything to go by, the answer is possibly `yes'. Nostalgic, razor-sharp and deliciously peculiar, this is a weird but wonderful comedy of manners by the award-winning author of The Tap Dancer.                       William is a lonely young man on the loose in the late 1960s. A disastrous appearance as a stand-up comic in a pub called The Man In the Moon is only the start of his adventures, in which he consorts with theatrical types, frenzied advertising men and accident-prone lodgers.             William's exploits lead him eventually to the consulting rooms of a Harley Street psychiatrist, where his delusions that he is a comic genius can finally be laid bare.             Andrew Barrow's second - and so far last - novel, first published in 1996, is a hilariously bittersweet comedy that follows in the footsteps of last year's sensational reissue of The Tap Dancer, which drew praise from Alan Bennett (`my favourite novel'), Craig Brown (`sublime comedy') and India Knight (`hilariously funny').\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581772230834,"sku":"9780008701871","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780008701871.jpg?v=1737626123","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780008701871","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}