Lean Love

Jon Brody has risen to fame again, and with it comes a fresh batch of outsized troubles. His success rests on three things: a popular blog called "Lean Love," a Lean Learning Center backed by an Ivy League school, and a New York Times bestselling book titled "I'm Bringing My Sardines to the Nightclub." Now the people nearest to him want a share of the profits. His personal assistant is blackmailing him, his manager, who is severely overweight, is running a scam, and his best friend is working to win over his girlfriend. As these betrayals pile up, Brody is left to manage on his own.

The book is a comedy that its publisher presents as a new kind of literature, following the earlier Living Legendary. Its tone is exaggerated and irreverent, and the story is driven by its schemes and its lead character's escalating predicament.

The promotional angle is a diet product, Lean Love pills, which the text jokingly urges readers to take to excess. It also offers a playful refund guarantee tied to losing 25 pounds by the end.