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Epicurus.com - A Fistful of Fig Newtons
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $10.17
Your Save: $ 4.78 ( 32% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Broadway
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 818
EAN: 9780385188432
ISBN: 0385188439
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2004-10-12
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: 2004-10-12
Studio: Broadway
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Editorial Reviews:
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From the wild and wacky world of a favorite funnyman, 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.
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Summary: The great Jean Shepherd -- in full flight
Comment: For once, the back cover description is accurate: this is classic Jean Shepherd, telling vaguely autobiographical stories about his earlier life, a hilarious riff on 60's TV advertising, and much more. It's all tied together by an endless passage through the Lincoln Tunnel, something with which many of us transplanted New Yorkers can identify. This paperback is a huge bargain -- both to those who haven't yet discovered Shep's particular brand of humor, and to those who remember...and wish to relive it.
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Summary: Funny!
Comment: This was the third collection of Jean Sheppard short stories that I have read, and this one was every bit as humourous as the other two. This one focusses more on Sheppard's adult life than his other works, but there are still some stories with the familiar Ralphie, Flick, and Schwarz as well. Equally as funny are his descriptions of hippies driving in vans and college football players. This book is a nonstop laugh riot.
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Summary: A Fist Full of Fig Newtons
Comment: a review of early life while setting in a traffic jam. Not on the level of "In God We Trust" but a good lite read and a review of New York traffic and life in general
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Summary: A Fistful of Fig Newtons
Comment: Buy all of Jean Shepard's book and settle down to smiling, laughing and rolling around with a belly laugh. Jean Shepard captures pre-television life with all of the hilarious anecdotes of the time and his work brightens even the darkest of days...read them all!
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Summary: Everybody likes Fig Newtons
Comment: 12 hilarious stories about common catastrophes, humiliating experiences, picking on toddlers and tailgating on the Jersey Turnpike. A testimonial for virtually every teen growing up in America today.
Not as good as Shepherd's first two books, but entertaining nonetheless.
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