Closing Time : A Memoir
by Queenan, Joe (Author)Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-03-30
Publisher(s): Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Summary
An affecting memoir from one of America's most provocative humorists 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 Closing Time, 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, Closing Timerecounts 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, Closing Timehas at its heart the makings of a classic American autobiography.
Author Biography
Joe Queenan is the author of nine books and a regular contributor to The New York Times and numerous other major publications. He is a frequent guest on network talk shows and has hosted radio programs for the BBC.
Table of Contents
| The Man on the Roof | p. 1 |
| Sin City | p. 20 |
| The Predicament | p. 51 |
| Domine, Non Sum Dignus | p. 83 |
| Semper Fidelis | p. 106 |
| The Parting of the Reed Sea | p. 152 |
| Twilight of the Apothecaries | p. 185 |
| C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre | p. 213 |
| Second Fiddle | p. 235 |
| Management Potential | p. 249 |
| Walkabout | p. 284 |
| Closing Time | p. 315 |
| Epilogue | p. 334 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 339 |
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