Closing Time : A Memoir

English

ISBN: 0143116681

EAN: 9780143116684

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary/Family & Relationships / Abuse / General/Self-Help / General/Literary Criticism / American / General/Family & Relationships / Parenting / Fatherhood/Social Science / Social Classes/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 03/28/2010

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: An affecting memoir from one of Americas 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 Queenans 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.

Awards: New York Times Notable Books of the Year – null 

Closing Time : A Memoir

Illustrated: No

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.77 inches

Width: 5.66 inches

Length: 8.52 inches

Weight: 10.26 oz

Pages: 352