{"product_id":"a-fistful-of-fig-newtons","title":"A Fistful of Fig Newtons","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean 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 \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003ci\u003eA Fistful of Fig Newtons\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833752694989,"sku":"9780385188432","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_288522d0-7bd2-4768-8c5d-751fc4895552.jpg?v=1790897558","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/a-fistful-of-fig-newtons","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}