{"product_id":"tim-robey-box-office-poison-2024-hardback","title":"Tim Robey: Box Office Poison [2024] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely entertaining.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An instant classic.' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew O'Hagan, author of \u003ci\u003eCaledonian Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Expertly researched.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A rollicking, gossipy triumph.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph *****\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wildly enjoyable.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Failure fascinates, for all the reasons that success is a drag . . .'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Tim Robey's hugely entertaining \u003ci\u003eBox Office Poison\u003c\/i\u003e tells an alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreaks, Land of the Pharaohs, Dune, Speed 2, Catwoman, Cats:\u003c\/i\u003e what can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite - or lack of it - and the circumstances that saw such box office disasters actually made? Away from the canon, here is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robey, Tim","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51247467004243,"sku":"9780571381203","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/robey-tim-tim-robey-box-office-poison-2024-hardback-9780571381203-1174744009.jpg?v=1750707797","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/tim-robey-box-office-poison-2024-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}