{"product_id":"2940171820909","title":"Little Boy: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the famed publisher and poet, author of the million-copy-selling collection \u003ci\u003eA Coney Island of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, his literary last will and testament amp;mdash; part autobiography, part summing up, part Beat-inflected torrent of language and feeling, and all magical.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unapologetically unclassifiable work, Lawrence Ferlinghetti lets loose an exhilarating rush of language to craft what might be termed a closing statement about his highly significant and productive 99 years on this planet. The \"Little Boy\" of the title is Ferlinghetti himself as a child, shuffled from his overburdened mother to his French aunt to foster childhood with a rich Bronxville family. Service in World War Two (including the D-Day landing), graduate work, and a scholar gypsy's vagabond life in Paris followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese biographical reminiscences are interweaved with Allen Ginsberg-esque high-energy bursts of raw emotion, rumination, reflection, reminiscence, and prognostication on what we may face as a species on planet Earth in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is a magical font of literary lore with allusions galore, a final repository of hard-earned and durable wisdom, a compositional high-wire act without a net (or all that much punctuation) and just a gas and an inspiration to listen to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162046021872,"sku":"2940171820909","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171820909_p0.jpg?v=1769906378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171820909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}