{"product_id":"the-last-fine-time-paperback","title":"The Last Fine Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVerlyn Klinkenborg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fine Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force of lyrical style. Verlyn Klinkenborg chronicles the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from its days as a prewar Polish tavern to its reincarnation as George \u0026amp; Eddie's, a swank nightspot serving highballs and French-fried shrimp to a generation of optimistic and prosperous Americans. In the inevitable dimming of the neon sign outside the restaurant, we see both the passing of an old world way of life and the end to the postwar exuberance that was Eddie Wenzek's \"last fine time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Fine Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force of lyrical style. Verlyn Klinkenborg chronicles the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from its days as a prewar Polish tavern to its reincarnation as George \u0026amp; Eddie's, a swank nightspot serving highballs and French-fried shrimp to a generation of optimistic and prosperous Americans. In the inevitable dimming of the neon sign outside the restaurant, we see both the passing of an old world way of life and the end to the postwar exuberance that was Eddie Wenzek's last fine time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVerlyn Kilnkenborg\u003c\/b\u003e comes from a family of Iowa farmers. A member of the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Klinkenborg has been published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yoker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazin\u003c\/i\u003ee. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Hay\u003c\/i\u003e and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Rural Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 209\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45260510036070,"sku":"9780226443355","price":32.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/T0xpWEdscDRvK3RBNGdqOFlwZ2dsQT09.webp?v=1773888622","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-last-fine-time-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}