An ordinary man, Murray Tepper--devoted husband, doting grandfather, and partner in a small business--unwittingly turns New York upside down when he engages in the normal activity of reading the newspaper in his car, which always seems to be parked in the same desirable parking spot in Manhattan. 35,000 first printing.
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" Good for smiles, guffaws, and sometimes laughter that brings tears."
-- "The Boston Globe"
" Beginning, middle, and end are equally charming....Nothing can take away from this novel' s delight."
-- "The Washington Post
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" [Told] with great, cranky affection [and] an irresistible way of mixing the quotidian with the absurd."
-- "The New York Times"
" Trillin is at his charmingly funny best in this good-humored satire."
-- "Los Angeles Times"
Good for smiles, guffaws, and sometimes laughter that brings tears.
"The Boston Globe"
Beginning, middle, and end are equally charming....Nothing can take away from this novel s delight.
"The Washington Post
"
[Told] with great, cranky affection [and] an irresistible way of mixing the quotidian with the absurd.
"The New York Times"
Trillin is at his charmingly funny best in this good-humored satire.
"Los Angeles Times""
"Good for smiles, guffaws, and sometimes laughter that brings tears."
--The Boston Globe
Calvin Trillin, a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, was also the co-editor (with Gerald Jonas) of a one-issue publication called Beautiful Spot: A Magazine of Parking. He lives in Manhattan, and now keeps his car in a garage.
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