{"product_id":"2940173704474","title":"Actors Anonymous: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe actors in James Franco's brilliant debut novel include a McDonald's drive-thru operator who spends his shift trying on accents; an ex-child star recalling a massive beachside bacchanal; hospital volunteers and Midwestern transplants; a vampire flick starlet who discovers a cryptic book written by a famous actor gone AWOL; and the ghost of River Phoenix. Then there's Franco himself, who prowls backstage, peering out between the lines-before taking the stage with fascinating meditations on his art, along with nightmarish tales of excess. “Hollywood has always been a private club,” he writes. “I open the gates. I say welcome. I say, Look inside.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in a dizzying array of styles-from lyric essays and disarming testimonials to hilariously rambling text messages and ghostly footnotes-and loosely modeled on \u003ci\u003eAlcoholics Anonymous's Twelve Steps\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwelve Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eActors Anonymous\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense, wild ride into the dark heart of celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48148201963761,"sku":"2940173704474","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940173704474_p0.jpg?v=1778285067","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940173704474","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}