A Fistful of Fig Newtons
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Fistful of Fig Newtons
By (Author) Jean Shepherd
Random House USA Inc
Crown Publications
15th November 2004
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 132mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
303g
Description
From the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere. 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 A Christmas Story. 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. A Fistful of Fig Newtons is classic Jean Shepherd-sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life-all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd's witty, classy, unforgettable style.
Reviews
One of our great major humorists . . . [Shepherd] writes about our life and times, the ordinary bits and pieces that every American recognizes and that are loaded with meaning for us all.New York Times Book Review
Shepherd has a style and a vision all of his own . . . A Fistful of Fig Newtons is as bright and pleasant a diversion as one is likely to encounter.Library Journal
Certainly the greatest American humorist of the last twenty years, and arguably one of our best writers, period . . . A Fistful of Fig Newtons is an excellent introduction to those who know no Shepherd, and refreshment to those who do, and who would trade almost anything to be able to read him again for the first time.National Review
Author Bio
For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City,Jean Shepherdwas the creator of the popular filmA Christmas Story, which is based on his novelsIn God We Trust, All Others Pay CashandWanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories, and which has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. Jean Shepherd passed away in 1999.
