{"product_id":"9780375758515","title":"Tepper Isn't Going Out: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eTrillin, Calvin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRandom House Trade Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eMurray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to  read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting behind the wheel of his parked  car, and his car always seems to be in a particularly desirable parking spot. Not  surprisingly, he is regularly interrupted by drivers who want to know if he is going  out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tepper isn’t going out. Why not? His explanations tend to be rather literal:  the indisputable fact, for instance, that he has twenty minutes left on the meter.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tepper’s behavior sometimes irritates the people who want his spot. (“Is that where  you live? Is that car rent-controlled?”) It also irritates the mayor—Frank Ducavelli,  known in tabloid headlines as Il Duce—who sees Murray Tepper as a harbinger of what  His Honor always calls “the forces of disorder.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But once New Yorkers become aware  of Tepper, some of them begin to suspect that he knows something they don’t know.  And an ever-increasing number of them are willing to line up for the opportunity  to sit in his car with him and find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tepper Isn’t Going Out is a wise and witty  story of an ordinary man who, perhaps innocently, changes the world around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Calvin Trillin's \u003ci\u003eQuite Enough of Calvin Trillin\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Random House Trade Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43383072358655,"sku":"9780375758515","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780375758515_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587513","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780375758515","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}