{"product_id":"unplugging-philco-9781416592846","title":"Unplugging Philco","description":"Wally Philco is a gentle, midlevel insurance industry operative living with his wife, Margie, in Brooklyn. In the years since those terrible events took place in Tupelo, Mississippi, though, the world -- and Brooklyn, too -- has become a very different place. Nobody's sure exactly what happened on the day now known as Horribleness Day, but it became pretty clear afterward that the Australians were involved somehow. Long after all the initial craziness has petered out, the Horribleness is still being used as an excuse for everything, from insomnia and lower back pain to joblessness, bank robbery, higher taxes, drunk driving, and murder. Likewise, everything from icy sidewalks to earthquakes to casino bus accidents is being cited as the work of terrorists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now it's every Mutual Citizen's job to keep an eye on his neighbor and to report anything amiss. Wally's neighbor, Whit Chambers, has been busy practically setting a world record for turning in suspicious characters and Unmutuals to the local authorities and, in fact, Whit's had his eye and his telescope trained on Wally for some time now. When Wally finally snaps, he finds refuge with the Unpluggers, an underground movement fighting for just a few minutes of peace and quiet. With a cast of Dickensian characters, from stroller-wielding Brooklyn mothers to former Kennedy spooks and Norwegian cowboys, Jim Knipfel's \u003ci\u003eUnplugging Philco\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly funny look at our life and times, filled with sharp cultural references and vivid, witty prose that testifies to a dangerously perceptive mind behind the madness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Knipfel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416592846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2009 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/08\/2009 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2009 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnipfel, Jim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jim Knipfel is the author of three memoirs, \u003ci\u003eSlackjaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuitting the Nairobi Trio\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRuining It for Everybody\u003c\/i\u003e, and three novels, \u003ci\u003eNoogie's Time to Shine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Buzzing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnplugging Philco\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44409877135475,"sku":"9781416592846","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a08401bd-6948-4002-9cd9-808ea440555d.jpg?v=1771939609","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/unplugging-philco-9781416592846","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}