{"product_id":"needs-metadata-9798217086672","title":"The Midnight Show A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lee Kelly, Jennifer Thorne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Random House, 2026-04-07\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;An immersive, page-turning novel about surviving as a funny woman in the male-dominated world of comedy—and what happens when the most promising female star of her generation disappears.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;“An utterly addictive read.”—Amy Tintera, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New York Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Listen for the Lie\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In the 1980s, women were not supposed to be funny. But when a group of college improv comedians gets the chance to join a new late-night show, it’s Lillian Martin who stands out. The new show was called \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Midnight Show\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and it would air every Friday night, live from New York, and change the landscape of TV and comedy forever.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;But first it would change Lillian’s and her friends’ lives. When the show becomes a runaway hit, the cast is thrown into the spotlight. Suddenly, they’re skipping the line at the city’s hottest clubs and posing on the cover of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Rolling Stone\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;. Lillian, in particular, seems destined for bigger things—until one winter night in Lower Manhattan, she vanishes, leaving nothing behind but questions. Was Lillian a victim of her own excesses? Was it a mugging gone wrong? Or could she have been killed by someone in her own inner circle?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Forty years later, Lillian’s disappearance has still never been solved. But when a budding journalist looking to examine Lillian’s story from a modern lens begins asking questions, she stirs up decades-old drama—as well as tightly-held secrets some comedy legends would much rather stay buried.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;A propulsive story of fame and friendship told through a variety of media—compiled interviews, articles, transcripts—\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Midnight Show\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; takes readers behind the scenes of the cutthroat world of comedy in 1980s New York and asks if the rush of getting a laugh is all it’s cracked up to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081446899881,"sku":"PHBK-9798217086672","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/5524263488674.jpg?v=1779378781","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/needs-metadata-9798217086672","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}