{"product_id":"book-gp57","title":"Stand Up, Barry Goldman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll I'd wanted for as long as I could remember was a woman to love, a soulmate to live with in contentment for the rest of my days: friend, lover, companion, mother to our children. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime was running out: I was getting old. Next year I would be eighteen.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Goldman is a sensitive boy. He's being primed to run the family business but has discovered a talent for making audiences laugh at his silly poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, he has found something that might make him attractive to girls - in particular, Harriet Fink - but there's not much call for delicate, earnest poets in the 1970s comedy world of hot-panted dolly birds and battle-axe mothers-in-law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one night he sees Kris Dean on stage and understands that the world of comedy is about to change forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStand Up, Barry Goldman - like Elena Ferrante, but with jokes - is the debut novel of David J. Cohen, stand-up comedian and writer best known as the creator of dozens of songs for multi-BAFTA winning hit TV show Horrible Histories, and less well known as lead singer in the world's first Jewish heavy metal band, Guns'n'Moses.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Funny and fascinating, a lovely tale.\" Jo Brand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Powerfully funny, often moving... Dave has created the Jewish Adrian Mole of alternative comedy.\" David Quantick\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49415515242800,"sku":"BDgp57","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gp57-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773497255","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gp57","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}