{"product_id":"options-9780786731756","title":"Options","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Politically incorrect ... skewers Silicon Valley, with touches of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDilber\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003et, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevenge of the Nerds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e” (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the mind, to the world of Fake Steve Jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFake Steve the counterintuitive management guru: “Obviously we can't literally put our employees' lives at risk. But we have to make them feel that way.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFake Steve the political hobnobber: “I can see why they keep Nancy Pelosi under wraps. Wacky as a dime watch.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFake Steve quoting friend\/musician\/philosopher Bono on road etiquette: “Tink about dat next toim yer cuttin off some bloke and you don't know who it is, right? Could be Jay-sus. Or Boutros Boutros-Ghali or sumfin.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd on, yes, himself: “Geniuses have feelings, too.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThank You for Smoking \u003c\/i\u003eand in the spirit of \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOptions: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e is a novelistic sendup and takedown of Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Washington, D. C., as viewed by a central character who exists, to his immense self-satisfaction, at the crossroads of all three worlds: “It's like in one of those movies where a guy realizes he's got telekinetic powers and it's just too bad if he doesn't want them, he's got them. Likewise, I have this gift. It's who I am.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Fake Steve's ruthless inner monologues about those around him ring truer than most nonfiction profiles of tech's movers and shakers.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A funny send-up of Apple's CEO, the go-go culture of Silicon Valley, and the cult of Mac, iPhone, and iPod.” —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931965915314,"sku":"9780786731756","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9780786731756.jpg?v=1794049540","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/options-9780786731756","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}