{"product_id":"book-kd5y","title":"In God We Trust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of humorous and nostalgic Americana stories—the beloved, bestselling classics that inspired the movie \u003cem\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore 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. \u003cem\u003eIn God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash\u003c\/em\u003e represents one of the peaks of his achievement, a compound of irony, affection, and perfect detail that speaks across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn God We Trust\u003c\/em\u003e, Shepherd's wildly witty reunion with his Indiana hometown, disproves the adage “You can never go back.” Bending the ear of Flick, his childhood-buddy-turned-bartender, Shepherd recalls passionately his genuine Red Ryder BB gun, confesses adolescent failure in the arms of Junie Jo Prewitt, and relives a story of man against fish that not even Hemingway could rival. From pop art to the World's Fair, Shepherd's subjects speak with a universal irony and are deeply and unabashedly grounded in American Midwestern life, together rendering a wonderfully nostalgic impression of a more innocent era when life was good, fun was clean, and station wagons roamed the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comic genius who bridged the gap between James Thurber and David Sedaris, Shepherd may have accomplished for Holden, Indiana, what Mark Twain did for Hannibal, Missouri. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook is expertly read by Sean Patrick Hopkins, with audio engineering by Blake Rook. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright (C) 1966 by Jean Shepherd (P) (2024) Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, LLC\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49466501792048,"sku":"BDkd5y","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/686960-kd5y-Square.jpg?v=1746694839","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kd5y","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}