{"product_id":"a-christmas-story-9780767916226","title":"A Christmas Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that   inspired the equally classic Yuletide film and the live musical on Fox.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The holiday film \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e,   first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature   and fame with each succeeding year.  Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic   portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town   Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal   to \u003ci\u003eIt’s a Wonderful Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiracle on 34th Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This edition of \u003ci\u003eA Christmas   Story\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor   that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film.  Here is young Ralphie   Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine;   his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the   unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies   Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign   to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range   model air rifle.  Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot   your eye out, kid”?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The pieces that comprise \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e, previously published   in the larger collections \u003ci\u003eIn God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWanda Hickey’s   Night of Golden Memories\u003c\/i\u003e, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible   piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart   and tickle the funny bone.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404884910423,"sku":"9780767916226","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780767916226.jpg?v=1730487929","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-christmas-story-9780767916226","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}