{"product_id":"9781940660608","title":"Merton of the Movies (Larb Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMerton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called \"the best book about 20th century American youth,\" follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gill's unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star-studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors he's idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading man - not some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness catches the eye of stuntwoman Flips Montague, and before long he's a comic star - the only problem is, it's all a spoof, and he doesn't know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1919 in the Saturday Evening Post, and adapted three times to film and once as a Broadway musical, Harry Leon Wilson's cartoonish tale has earned its place as an essential California classic. This freewheeling romp gets to the heart of any Angeleno's worst nightmare: what if I'm not in on the joke?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Los Angeles Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45567438192719,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":560.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781940660608","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}