{"product_id":"closing-time-9780143116684","title":"Closing Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e An affecting memoir from one of America's most provocative humorists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past two decades, Joe Queenan has established himself as a scourge of everything that is half-baked, half-witted, and halfhearted in American culture. In \u003ci\u003eClosing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Queenan turns his sights on a more serious and a more personal topic: his childhood in a Philadelphia housing project in the early 1960s. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eClosing Time\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Queenan's Irish Catholic upbringing in a family dominated by his erratic, alcoholic father, and his long flight away from the dismal confines of his neighborhood into the greater, wide world. A story about salvation and escape, \u003ci\u003eClosing Time\u003c\/i\u003e has at its heart the makings of a classic American autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2010 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joe Queenan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799716921525,"sku":"9780143116684","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_13398250-499c-46e0-8a60-8ce2adb89197.jpg?v=1711477306","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/closing-time-9780143116684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}