{"product_id":"2026200011739-secondhand-what-about-bill-gates-a-novel","title":"What About Bill Gates?: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when ordinary life collides with the towering myth of modern success? What About Bill Gates? is a darkly comic novel by Australian author Saxby Pridmore that chronicles the inner world of a protagonist grappling with questions of worth, ambition, and the absurdity of measuring one's life against the titans of the age. Set against the backdrop of contemporary society, the novel presents a wry and psychologically astute portrait of a man confronting his own mediocrity with equal parts despair and dry wit.\n\nPridmore, a practicing psychiatrist and published poet, brings a rare clinical insight to his fiction, illustrating the fine line between rationality and obsession with unsettling precision. The novel's spare, understated prose masks a profound inquiry into modern anxiety, identity, and the cultural mythology of wealth and genius. For readers who have ever paused to wonder whether they measure up — and suspected, with a sinking feeling, that they do not — this quietly subversive novel will linger long after the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130864967899,"sku":"2026200011739-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b4630374-9be7-42e5-a2a3-e060a04bdc06.png?v=1786591421","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011739-secondhand-what-about-bill-gates-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}