The Ferrari In The Bedroom

Jean Shepherd was one of America s favorite humorists his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more a comic Garrison Keillor like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. The Ferrari in the Bedroom is Shepherd s wry affectionate look at the hang-ups and delusions of Americans in the 1970s. From his sardonic assessment of fads such as the nostalgia craze ( Thinking that the old days were good is a terrible sickness. Everything was just as bad then as it is now. ) to a modest proposal for the foundation of S.P.L.A.T. (The Society for the Prevention of the Leaving of Animal Turds) Jean Shepherd provides a generous measure of his special brand of wise and warm humor as an antidote for some of America s more ridiculous obsessions.