{"product_id":"9781621340966","title":"Manhattan Gothic","description":"From WATER STREET PRESS\u003cp\u003eA children's story for grown-ups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...amongst their own kind, children are the world's most thoroughgoing skeptics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut not eleven-year-old Jeff Greenaway. When his parents suddenly come into possession of hard-to-get tickets to the smash musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, but can't find a babysitter, Jeff ventures out in the Manhattan night to meet his hero, Count Zackuloff, the mad, moldy host of Channel 5's Midnight Mystery Theater, a horror movie program. Amazingly, the Count takes Jeff along on a publicity stunt in costume to the Horn and Hardart Automat, drawing crowds of curious fans. Next, the Count takes Jeff to a double feature horror matinee at the 58th Street Translux. An unusual friendship develops between the boy and the ghoul. Through it all, Jeff nutures dreams of becoming the Count's on-screen sidekick. But the Count has his own dreams-and they do not include a lifetime of introducing old horror movies on a third-rate New York TV station.\u003cbr\u003e James Howard Kunstler's charming tale takes us back to an age when New York City was a natural playground for a little boy and his own, personal vampire hero-a time when it seemed possible that all of our dreams could come true.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Water Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037954588912,"sku":"9781621340966","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621340966_p0.jpg?v=1763859125","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621340966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}