{"product_id":"in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash-9780385021746","title":"In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe beloved, bestselling classic that became the movie, \u003ci\u003eA CHRISTMAS STORY \u003c\/i\u003e-- humorous and nostalgic Americana, reissued in a strikingly designed paperback edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore 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. \u003ci\u003eIn God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash\u003c\/i\u003e represents one of the peaks of his achievement, a compound of irony, affection, and perfect detail that speaks across generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn God We Trust\u003c\/i\u003e, Shepherd's wildly witty reunion with his Indiana hometown, disproves the adage You can never go back. Bending the ear of Flick, his childhood-buddy-turned-bartender, Shepherd recalls passionately his genuine Red Ryder BB gun, confesses adolescent failure in the arms of Junie Jo Prewitt, and relives a story of man against fish that not even Hemingway could rival. From pop art to the World's Fair, Shepherd's subjects speak with a universal irony and are deeply and unabashedly grounded in American Midwestern life, together rendering a wonderfully nostalgic impression of a more innocent era when life was good, fun was clean, and station wagons roamed the earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA comic genius who bridged the gap between James Thurber and David Sedaris, Shepherd may have accomplished for Holden, Indiana, what Mark Twain did for Hannibal, Missouri.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shepherd, Jean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385021746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Jean Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39631215525963,"sku":"9780385021746","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_43dcb769-e814-4b99-9352-c1c963a485e5.jpg?v=1641305162","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash-9780385021746","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}