{"product_id":"9780451469434","title":"The Bassoon King","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the three-time Emmy nominated actor, climate activist, and author of \u003ci\u003eSoul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution—\u003c\/i\u003eRainn Wilson’s memoir is about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e fell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played  him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake,  that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He also  started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet: “I'm not on Facebook” is  the new “I don't even own a TV”) that now has more than four million  followers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Now, he's ready to tell his own story and explain  how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective  on life. He explains how he grew up “bone-numbingly nerdy before there  was even a modicum of cool attached to the word.” \u003ci\u003eThe Bassoon King\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (“the highest rung on  the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers”), his years of mild  debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many  adventures and insights about \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, and finally, Wilson's  achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and  spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the  Bahá’í faith he grew up in.","brand":"Rainn Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48035586015444,"sku":"9780451469434","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f4d095ed-ef5d-4a12-8d55-d60af45a3592.jpg?v=1780359853","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780451469434","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}