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CLOSING TIME: A Memoir

CLOSING TIME: A Memoir Hardcover - 2009

by Joe Queenan

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New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 338p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is fully intact, but has a stain at the base of the spine.
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Details

  • Title CLOSING TIME: A Memoir
  • Author Joe Queenan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition, First Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 338
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking, New York
  • Date 2009
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 185117
  • ISBN 9780670020638 / 067002063X
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.52 x 6.5 x 1.18 in (24.18 x 16.51 x 3.00 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Philadelphia (Pa.), Authors, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008034567
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Summary

A deeply funny and affecting memoir about a great escape from a childhood of povertyJoe Queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop culture have made him one of the most popular humorists and commentators of our time. In Closing Time Queenan turns his sights on a more serious and personal topic: his childhood in a Philadelphia housing project in the early 1960s. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Closing Time recounts Queenans Irish Catholic upbringing in a family dominated by his erratic father, a violent yet oddly charming emotional terrorist whose alcoholism fuels a limitless torrent of self-pity, railing, destruction, and late-night chats with the Lord Himself. With the help of a series of mentors and surrogate fathers, and armed with his own furious love of books and music, Joe begins the long flight away from the dismal confines of his neighborhoodwith a brief misbegotten stop at a seminaryand into the wider world. Queenans unforgettable account of the damage done to children by parents without futures and of the grace children find to move beyond these experiences will appeal to fans of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr, and will take its place as an autobiography in the classic American tradition.

From the publisher

Joe Queenan is the author of seven books and a regular contributor to The New York Times, Barron’s and The Los Angeles Times, a columnist for Chief Executive, and writes about movies and music for Great Britain’s The Guardian. Formerly an editor at Forbes and Spy, television critic at People, and a columnist at TV Guide, GQ, Smart Money, Men’s Health, Barron’s Online and Movieline, his stories have appeared in scores of national publications, including The New Republic, Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Observer, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Us, Golf Digest, The Weekly Standard, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Vogue, Town & Country, Allure, and New York. His work has appeared overseas in The Independent, The Spectator, The Toronto Globe & Mail, the Times of London, and Bon. Queenan has been a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman", "The Daily Show", "Today", "Good Morning, America", "Charlie Rose" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", a frequent guest on "Imus in the Morning", and appeared more than two-dozen times on "Politically Incorrect". He regularly writes and hosts radio features for the BBC, and for three years was host of the BBC weekly radio program "Postcard from Gotham". In 2005, he won a Sports Emmy for his work on HBO’s "Inside the NFL". He is married, with two children, and lives in Tarrytown, N.Y.

About the author

Joe Queenan is the author of seven books and a regular contributor to "The New York Times," "Barron's" and "The Los Angeles Times," a columnist for "Chief Executive," and writes about movies and music for Great Britain's "The Guardian." Formerly an editor at "Forbes" and "Spy," television critic at "People," and a columnist at "TV Guide," "GQ," "Smart Money," "Men's Health," "Barron's Online" and "Movieline," his stories have appeared in scores of national publications, including "The New Republic," "Time," "Newsweek," the "Wall Street Journal," the "Washington Post," the "Los Angeles Times," the "New York Daily News," the "New York Observer," "Playboy," "Rolling Stone," "Us," "Golf Digest," "The Weekly Standard," "Cosmopolitan," "Esquire," "Vogue," "Town & Country," "Allure," and "New York." His work has appeared overseas in "The Independent," "The Spectator," " The Toronto Globe & Mail," the "Times of London," and "Bon." Queenan has been a guest on "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The Daily Show," "Today," "Good Morning, America," "Charlie Rose" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," a frequent guest on "Imus in the Morning," and appeared more than two-dozen times on "Politically Incorrect." He regularly writes and hosts radio features for the BBC, and for three years was host of the BBC weekly radio program "Postcard from Gotham." In 2005, he won a Sports Emmy for his work on HBO's "Inside the NFL." He is married, with two children, and lives in Tarrytown, N.Y.

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