In God we trust, all others pay cash
December 10th, 2007 Robin - Pinney
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash is perhaps better known as A Christmas Story (of “You’ll shoot your eye out!” and “I can’t put my arms down!” fame). I know the hokey-holiday-movie-hating contingent (you know who you are, grinches) might cringe, but I must declare my love of both the flick and the book that inspired it.
Jean Shepherd’s short stories are hilarious. He brings small town freaks and bullies to life in a way that makes me point at the page and holler, “Yes! I knew that guy — what a jerk.”
The familiar Christmas Story plot is just a part of the charming stories in In God We Trust. I dare even the grinches among you to remain scowly in the face of tales such as Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil and Flick Offers Me Hard Liquor.
Entry Filed under: Recreational Fiction, Short Stories
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1. Sarah | December 15th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Love the movie, love the book even more. Love Jean Shepherd the most. You know I have to mention his radio programs that the library owns on CD: The X Random Factor and Don’t Be a Leaf.
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