{"product_id":"9781773050232","title":"The Barefoot Bingo Caller: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty, wide-ranging stories of one man’s adventures in the world \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Filled with pleasures . . . I enjoyed it immensely.” — Meg Wolitzer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Interestings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Bingo Caller\u003c\/i\u003e, Antanas Sileika finds what’s funny and touching in the most unlikely places, from a bingo hall to the collapsing Soviet Union. He shares stories of his attempts to shake off his suburban, ethnic, folk-dancing childhood; his divided allegiance as a Lithuanian Canadian father; and such memorable characters as aging beat poets, oblivious college students, and an obdurate porcupine.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ePassing through places as varied as a prime minister’s office and the streets of Paris, these wry and moving dispatches on work, family, art, and identity are masterpieces of comic memoir and social observation.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“The memories have been vividly, deliberately shaped by a master storyteller over a lifetime of telling, to powerful and often hilarious effect.” — \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Funny and wistful, always engaging and wholly original, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Bingo Caller\u003c\/i\u003e charts the geography of belonging from the suburbs of Weston to the streets of Vilnius, from iconic Parisian bookstores to secret fishing holes in the backwoods of Ontario.” — Will Ferguson, Giller Prize–winning author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46527907234033,"sku":"9781773050232","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781773050232_p0.jpg?v=1765531935","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781773050232","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}