{"product_id":"book-cszi","title":"Stay Up with Hugo Best","description":"\u003cb\u003e**One of \u003ci\u003eVogue’\u003c\/i\u003es Best Books of the Year** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJune Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day weekend.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis is the story of their four days together, a “zippy…magnificent…devilishly fun ride” (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen June Bloom, an assistant on the late-night comedy show, \u003ci\u003eStay Up with Hugo Best\u003c\/i\u003e, runs into Hugo himself at an open mic following his unexpected retirement, she finds herself fielding a surprising invitation: Hugo asks June to come to his mansion in Greenwich for the long Memorial Day weekend. “No funny business,” he insists. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJune—in need of a job and money, but also harboring the remains of a childhood crush on the charming older comedian and former role model—is confident she can handle herself. She accepts. As the weekend unfolds and the enigmatic Hugo gradually reveals appealingly vulnerable facets to his personality, their dynamic proves to be much more complicated and less predictable than June imagined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A witty and subtle commentary on sex, power, and social politics” (\u003ci\u003eRefinery 29\u003c\/i\u003e) and “an outstanding comedic debut” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), \u003ci\u003eStay Up with Hugo Best\u003c\/i\u003e announces a gloriously irreverent, bold, and winning new voice in fiction.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347141828912,"sku":"10cszi","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347141730608,"sku":"BDcszi","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cszi-cover.jpg?v=1759341869","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cszi","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}