{"product_id":"9780008245924_stretch-29","title":"Stretch, 29","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn outstanding début novel – an original and engaging black comedy about an angst-ridden twenty-something Londoner whose main achievement in life seems to be that he can prove that he’s a loser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘If I had a business card there’s only one thing it could say on it: Frank Stretch – less successful than my friends’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, you may think you’re less successful than your friends, and you may well be right. The difference between you and Frank, however, is that he has a system that proves it. Everyone he knows or meets is given a ‘life score’ – marks out of ten for the ten ‘important’ areas of life: money, love, sex, work, car etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis best friend Tom scores an impressive 73, his flatmate Henry 59. Even his oily and more-than-likely criminal boss Bart scores a hefty 68. But Frank – with his going-nowhere job managing one of Bart’s yuppie bars, his rusting 1977 Cavalier and the fact that he hasn’t pulled for months – weighs in with a paltry 29.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank finally decides that things must change. But with Frank’s luck, there’s every chance that things will get a lot worse before they get better…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damian Lanigan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285312061589,"sku":"9780008245924","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008245924.jpg?v=1776992352","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008245924_stretch-29","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}