{"product_id":"in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash","title":"In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories--the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e\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.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0385021747\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780385021746\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Shepherd, Jean\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 1991)","offer_id":46080551354565,"sku":"9780385021746","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780385021746.jpg?v=1776038252","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/in-god-we-trust-all-others-pay-cash","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}