{"product_id":"random-hardcover","title":"Random - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePenn Jillette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Penn Jillette is an atheist, triple-goddamned lunatic, and his book is a glorious Las Vegas lunatic paean to chance and adventure--a page-turning, scabrous, hilarious ride into randomness.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Neil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Jillette's latest novel, \u003cem\u003eRandom\u003c\/em\u003e, is about a young man who inherits his father's crushing debt to a loan shark and turns to dice--and other dangerous measures--to dig himself out. That the dice bring him luck sends him a new philosophy of leaving decisions both big and small up to chance.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two weeks before his twenty-first birthday, Las Vegas native Bobby Ingersoll finds out he's inherited a crushing gambling debt from his scumbag father. The debt is owed to an even scummier bag named Fraser Ruphart who oversees his bottom-rung criminal empire from the classy-adjacent Trump International Hotel. Bobby's prospects of paying off the note, which comes due the day he turns twenty-one, are about as dim as the sign on the hotel's facade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The two weeks pass in the blink of a (snake) eye, but before Bobby's luck runs out, he stumbles upon enough cash to pay off Ruphart and change his family's fortune. More importantly, he finds himself with a new, for lack of a better word, faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bobby does not consign his big break to a \"higher power\"--what Penn Jillette hero ever could? Instead, he devises and devotes himself to Random, a philosophy where his life choices are based entirely on the roll of his \"lucky\" dice. What follows is a rollicking exploration into not so much what defines us as what \u003cem\u003edivines\u003c\/em\u003e us when we give over every decision--from what to eat to whom to marry to how or when to die--to the random fall of two numbered cubes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRandom\u003c\/em\u003e combines the intellectual curiosity of Richard Dawkins with the humor and grit of an Elmore Leonard antihero. Jillette's up-on-his-luck Ingersoll is the character we need to help us navigate the chaos of the post-truth era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Well, unless his roll runs cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenn Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award-winning magic duo Penn \u0026amp; Teller, whose live show spent years on Broadway and is now the longest-running headlining show in Las Vegas. The pair have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jillette cohosted the Showtime series \u003ci\u003ePenn \u0026amp; Teller: Bullshit!\u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and won him a Writers Guild Award. He currently cohosts the CW Network competition series \u003ci\u003ePenn \u0026amp; Teller: Fool Us!\u003c\/i\u003e His weekly podcast, \u003ci\u003ePenn's Sunday School, \u003c\/i\u003e was the number one downloaded podcast on iTunes during its debut week and was named by iTunes as Best New Comedy Podcast. He is the author of numerous books, including the nonfiction \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling books \u003ci\u003ePresto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales\u003c\/i\u003e; the novel \u003ci\u003eSock\u003c\/i\u003e; and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is an Atheist Holiday!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158115979399,"sku":"9781636140711","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2c655c79e16a3fcbca12313d50fea1e2.webp?v=1733256261","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/random-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}