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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"[Jean] Shepherd is that very rare breed, a homespun humorist cut from the same Midwestern cloth as Mark Twain and George Ade."--<i>Saturday Review</i></b> <p/>Jean Shepherd was one of America's favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic <i>A Christmas Story</i>. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor-like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. <p/><i>The Ferrari in the Bedroom</i> is Shepherd's wry, affectionate look at the hang-ups and delusions of Americans in the 1970s. From his sardonic assessment of fads such as the nostalgia craze ("Thinking that the old days were good is a terrible sickness. Everything was just as bad then as it is now.") to a modest proposal for the foundation of S.P.L.A.T. (The Society for the Prevention of the Leaving of Animal Turds), Jean Shepherd provides a generous measure of his special brand of wise and warm humor as an antidote for some of America's more ridiculous obsessions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"True genius."<b>--<i>Library Journal</i><br></b><br>"[Shepherd's] descriptions of the mores of today as seen through the perspective of a robust male provide many a chuckle . . . and the wish that life were simpler and people knew what and who they are."<b>--<i>Best Sellers</i><br></b><br>"[Shepherd's] appeal rests securely on the metaphor that adult life is a continuation of a boys' pickup sandlot game."<b>--<i>Commentary</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, <b> Jean Shepherd</b> was the creator of the popular film A Christmas Story, which is based on his novels In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories, and which has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. Jean Shepherd passed away in 1999.

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