{"product_id":"this-is-a-book-paperback","title":"This Is a Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDemetri Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the renowned comedian, creator, star and executive producer\/multiple title-holder of Comedy Central's \u003ci\u003eImportant Things with Demetri Martin\u003c\/i\u003e comes a bold, original, and rectangular kind of humor book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Demetri's first literary foray features longer-form essays and conceptual pieces (such as Protagonists' Hospital, a melodrama about the clinic doctors who treat only the flesh wounds and minor head scratches of Hollywood action heroes), as well as his trademark charts, doodles, drawings, one-liners, and lists (i.e., the world views of optimists, pessimists and contortionists). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martin's unique voice and brilliant mind will keep readers in stitches from beginning to end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDemetri Martin\u003c\/b\u003e rose to relative obscurity when he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City at the end of the 20th Century. Later he became a writer at \u003ci\u003eLate Night with Conan O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e and then a regular performer on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2003, Demetri won the Perrier Award at the International Fringe Festival for his first one-man show, \u003ci\u003eIf I\u003c\/i\u003e. He released a comedy album called \u003ci\u003eThese Are Jokes \u003c\/i\u003eand then created and starred in his own television series called \u003ci\u003eImportant Things with Demetri Martin\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His first stand-up comedy special, \u003ci\u003eDemetri Martin. Person\u003c\/i\u003e is considered by many to be his longest and only hour-long stand-up comedy special. Martin has appeared in movies as an actor, most recently in Steven Soderbergh's \u003ci\u003eContagion\u003c\/i\u003e and most lengthily in Ang Lee's \u003ci\u003eTaking Woodstock\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThis Is a Book by Demetri Martin\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller. Demetri has brown hair, and he is allergic to peanuts. You can find him at www.demetrimartin.com, at www.facebook.com\/demetrimartin, on Twitter @demetrimartin, and in various places in the actual physical world.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53455117549875,"sku":"9780446539692","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/5ngkxldbED9780446539692.webp?v=1781229175","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-a-book-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}