{"product_id":"tepper-isnt-going-out-9780375758515","title":"Tepper Isn't Going Out","description":"Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting behind the wheel of his parked car, and his car always seems to be in a particularly desirable parking spot. Not surprisingly, he is regularly interrupted by drivers who want to know if he is going out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tepper isn't going out. Why not? His explanations tend to be rather literal: the indisputable fact, for instance, that he has twenty minutes left on the meter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tepper's behavior sometimes irritates the people who want his spot. (\"Is that where you live? Is that car rent-controlled?\") It also irritates the mayor--Frank Ducavelli, known in tabloid headlines as Il Duce--who sees Murray Tepper as a harbinger of what His Honor always calls \"the forces of disorder.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But once New Yorkers become aware of Tepper, some of them begin to suspect that he knows something they don't know. And an ever-increasing number of them are willing to line up for the opportunity to sit in his car with him and find out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tepper Isn't Going Out is a wise and witty story of an ordinary man who, perhaps innocently, changes the world around him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Calvin Trillin's \u003ci\u003eQuite Enough of Calvin Trillin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375758515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.16w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2003 pg. 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/19\/2003 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Mar\/Apr 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Calvin Trillin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972031643829,"sku":"9780375758515","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6c860ee8-387f-41da-b6ec-37bd1a81136e.jpg?v=1713281345","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tepper-isnt-going-out-9780375758515","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}