Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories by Jean Shepherd - ISBN: 9780385116329
Paperback
The popular radio announcer uses his whimsical imagination to record the events of his Indiana boyhood.

Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories

And Other Disasters

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 1999

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Summary

A bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana and the basis of the movie A Christmas Story.“Mr. Shepherd has the true satirist’s grip on his pen- he is humorous, sympathetic,and ironic all at once.”-Boston GlobeBefore 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. Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories represents one of…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385116329
ISBN-10:0385116322
Author:Jean Shepherd
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:31 March 1999
Weight:329g
Dimensions:210mm x 136mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

“Shepherd has a fine eye for absurdity, for the madness and idiocy in all of us.” –Best Sellers

“Shepherd has a fine eye for absurdity, for the madness and idiocy in all of us.”—Best Sellers

About The Author

Jean Shepherd

For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City,Jean Shepherdwas the creator of the popular filmA Christmas Story, which is based on his novelsIn God We Trust, All Others Pay CashandWanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, and which has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. Jean Shepherd passed away in 1999.

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