Again" "The Endless Streetcar Ride Into the Night, and the Tinfoil Noose" "Hairy Geertz and the Forty-Seven Crappies" "My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award That Heralded the Birth of Pop Art" "The Magic Mountain" "Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil" "Ludlow Kissel and the Dago Bomb That Struck Back" "Uncle Ben and the Side-Splitting Knee-Slapper, or Some Words Are Loaded" "Old Man Pulaski and the Infamous Jawbreaker Blackmail Caper" "The Perfect Crime" "Wilbur Duckworth and His Magic Baton" "Miss Bryfogel and the Frightening Case of the Speckle-Throated Cuckold" "'Nevermore', Quoth the Assessor, 'Nevermore ...'" "Leopold Doppler and the Great Orpheum Gravy Boat Riot" Critical reception Eugene Bergmann has called the novel Shepherd's most important work, and anthology editor Gardner Dozois noted in 2002 that it is also Shepherd's best known work. The novel was a New York Times best-seller in 1966. At the time of Shepherd's death in 1999, it had been through 10 printings. In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash was the 142nd best-selling novel on Amazon.com the week after Shepherd died, when the novel was 33 years old. Adaptations Four of the short stories ("Duel in the Snow", "The Counterfeit Secret Circle Member Gets the Message", "My Old Man and the Lascivious Special Award That Heralded the Birth of Pop Art", and "Grover Dill and the Tasmanian Devil") were used as the basis for A Christmas Story. Some phrases and small elements of other stories were also used for that film. Another short story used for the film, "The Grandstand Passion Play of Delbert and the Bumpus Hounds", appeared in Shepherd's second book of stories, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. The five short stories that were used as the basis for A Christmas Story were collected under the title A Christmas Story and published as a stand-alone book in 2003. Other short stories in the book were used for the 1994 sequel My Summer Story. See also Parker Family Saga (franchise) References Bibliography Bergmann, Eugene B. Excelsior, You Fathead!: The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2005. Dozois, Gardner R., ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. Fritzer, Penelope Joan and Bland, Bartholomew. Merry Wives and Others: A History of Domestic Humor Writing. Jefferson, N.C. McFarland & Co., 2002. Gaines, Caseen. A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of