A Fistful of Fig Newtons

Jean Shepherd

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Crown Publications
15 November 2004

Humour

A Christmas Story's successful publication (over 100,000 in print) proves that readers love Jean Shepherd's brand of humor. Now in this reissued classic, fans old and new can read more about the Hammond, Indiana crew, as well as Shepherd's side-splitting tales of college and army life, and other adventures in the life of this great American humorist.

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.

By: Jean Shepherd
Imprint: Crown Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 303g
ISBN: 9780385188432
ISBN 10: 0385188439
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 15 November 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for A Fistful of Fig Newtons

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