Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780385116329ISBN-10:385116322UPC:9780385116329Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:EssaysSize:8.22 x 5.44 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCPP0VM8HC
A bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana and the basis of the movie A Christmas Story.
"Mr. Shepherd has the true satirist's grip on his pen: he is humorous, sympathetic, and ironic all at once."--Boston Globe Before Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there was Jean Shepherd: a master monologist and writer who spun the materials of his all-American childhood into immensely resonant--and utterly hilarious--works of comic art. Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories represents one of the peaks of his achievement, a compound of irony, affection, and perfect detail that speaks across generations. Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories is a universal (and achingly funny) orchestration of Midwestern puberty rites. From the gut-wrenching playground antics of one Delbert Bumpus and the almighty sacrifice of the Easter ham, to taffy-apple binges at the state fair and the supernatural glow surrounding unapproachable high school beauty Daphne Bigelow, to the memorable disaster that was Shepherd's (and everyone else's) junior prom--these are some of the archetypal legends of childhood that Shepherd evokes from his nostalgic Indiana muse. A timeless and enduring classic, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories captures the sweet cacophonous roar of youth tempered with the wit and honesty of a grown boy
"Mr. Shepherd has the true satirist's grip on his pen: he is humorous, sympathetic, and ironic all at once."--Boston Globe Before Garrison Keillor and Spalding Gray there was Jean Shepherd: a master monologist and writer who spun the materials of his all-American childhood into immensely resonant--and utterly hilarious--works of comic art. Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories represents one of the peaks of his achievement, a compound of irony, affection, and perfect detail that speaks across generations. Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories is a universal (and achingly funny) orchestration of Midwestern puberty rites. From the gut-wrenching playground antics of one Delbert Bumpus and the almighty sacrifice of the Easter ham, to taffy-apple binges at the state fair and the supernatural glow surrounding unapproachable high school beauty Daphne Bigelow, to the memorable disaster that was Shepherd's (and everyone else's) junior prom--these are some of the archetypal legends of childhood that Shepherd evokes from his nostalgic Indiana muse. A timeless and enduring classic, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories captures the sweet cacophonous roar of youth tempered with the wit and honesty of a grown boy
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780385116329ISBN-10:385116322UPC:9780385116329Book Category:HumorBook Subcategory:FormBook Topic:EssaysSize:8.22 x 5.44 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCPP0VM8HC
For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, Jean Shepherd 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.
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
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