The Ferrari in the Bedroom (30 page)
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Authors: Jean Shepherd
For many years a cult radio and cabaret personality in New York City, Jean Shepherd was the creator of the popular film
A Christmas Story,
which is based on his books
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash
and
Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories
and has become a holiday tradition on the Turner Network. He was also the author of
A Fistful of Fig Newtons.
He passed away in 1999.
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1972 by
Dodd, Mead & Company.
First Broadway Books trade paperback edition
published in 1986.
THE FERRARI IN THE BEDROOM.
Copyright © 1970, 1971, 1972
by Jean Shepherd. All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
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Random House, Inc.
“The Ferrari in the Bedroom,” “The Drive-In
Confessional,” and “Harold’s Super Service” first appeared in
Car and Driver
and are reprinted here with permission
of
Car and Driver
; “Great Expectations; or the War of the
Worlds” first appeared in
National Lampoon
and is
reprinted here with their permission; the song “Harold’s
Super Service,” by Bobby Wayne, is quoted by kind
permission of Shady Tree Music.
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-3923
eISBN: 978-0-307-75531-5
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