{"product_id":"east-side-story-nick-marino-9781551529332","title":"East Side Story: Growing Up at the Pne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA sly, sentimental, and wickedly funny memoir about growing up at the local fair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) is a Vancouver tradition, an annual fair started in 1910 that is famous for its farm animals, dog trick shows, and amusement park highlighted by Canada's oldest wooden roller coaster still in existence. In 1980, when Nick Marino was twelve years old, he started working at the PNE and quickly learned that there was more to the fair than winning stuffed animals and eating mini donuts. He had to contend with belligerent bosses, unhinged carnies, and teenage hustlers. In this funny, charming memoir of fair life, Marino revisits the \"wild west\" of the city's East Side, home to the PNE, sharing stories from his six summers working at the fair, where arcade bouncers went on midnight roller coaster rides, riots broke out at concerts, and local kids helped themselves to everything. With beguiling and at times poignant humor, he pulls back the curtain on the culture of carnivals and fairs, an unpredictable and eternally young world of players, scammers, and dreamers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEast Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e is the latest addition to the Robin's Egg Books series, which features some of the freshest, smartest, and above all, funniest writing on a variety of culturally relevant subjects. Titles in the imprint are curated and edited by comedian, playwright, and author Charles Demers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Marino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551529335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551529332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin's Egg Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2023","brand":"Nick Marino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227987996927,"sku":"9781551529332","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a5c7e00-b534-419f-90be-55819b56f756.jpg?v=1692811497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/east-side-story-nick-marino-9781551529332","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}