"United States" . . . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Electronic books" . . . . . . . "Humor"@en . . "Humor" . . . . . "Jean Shepherd was one of America's favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic A Christmas Story. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor'like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. The Ferrari in the Bedroom is Shepherd's wry, affectionate look at the hang-ups and delusions of Americans in the 1970s. From his sardonic assessment of fads such as the nostalgia craze (\"Thinking that the old days were good is a terrible sickness. Everything was just as bad then as it is now.\") to a modest proposal for the foundation of S.P.L.A.T. (The Society for the Prevention of the Leaving of Animal Turds), Jean Shepherd provides a generous measure of his special brand of wise and warm humor as an antidote for some of America's more ridiculous obsessions." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Ferrari in the bedroom" . "The Ferrari in the bedroom"@en . "Humorist Jean Shepherd mixes fact and fiction in 21 chapters that address the hang-ups and delusions of Americans in the 1970s."@en . . "Electronic books"@en . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General" . . "Fiction." . .