xii, 265 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by the author of In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, inspiration for the classic 1983 holiday film A Christmas Story, which Shepherd narrated. Includes fourteen short pieces: Opening; A Fistful of Fig Newtons; or, The Shoot-Out in Room 303; The Light at the End of the Tunnel; The Mole People Battle the Forces of Darkness; Marcel Proust Meets the New Jersey Tailgater, and Survives; The Marathon Run of Lonesome Ernie, the Arkansas Traveler; Sociology 101 (Hip Division); Lemons on the Grass, Alas; The Lost Civilization of Deli; The Whole Fun Catalog of 1929; Lost at C; Ellsworth Leggett and the Great Ice Cream War; The Barbi Doll Celebrates New Year's; Closing.
