{"product_id":"ghosts-of-chicago-john-mcnally-9780810127319","title":"Ghosts of Chicago: Stories","description":"Chicago is famously a \"city of neighborhoods\" that somehow balances metropolitan and parochial life. In the seventeen vividly rendered stories in \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Chicago, \u003c\/i\u003eJohn McNally likewise captures the poignancy of both the shared experiences of a city and the interior details of his everyday characters.While McNally resurrects Chicago icons and institutions--including John Belushi, Walter Payton, and Richard J. Daley make appearances, and WGN's \"Creature Features\" and a morning show for children featuring a silent goose are settings-- he is ultimately interested in the human condition, whether it's railroad mogul George Pullman remembering his greatest triumph or the host of \u003ci\u003eRomper Room \u003c\/i\u003eexperiencing her own awakening during the sexual revolution.Other stories tell of everyday people who must confront their own private ghosts--an accountant who falls in love with a woman who is in love with a man on death row; the son of a realtor who discovers his father's secret life; a memoirist whose dark night of the soul leads him on a journey from which he may never return.McNally may be writing about Chicago--in the words of a \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times \u003c\/i\u003ereviewer, \"He may have physically left Chicago, but the city has never left him\"--but like Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha or Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, the stories in this book transcend place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John McNally\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810127318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810127319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"John McNally","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926328246527,"sku":"9780810127319","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dfe0c6e1-fe7a-4cb8-8dc8-714a53ac3abb.jpg?v=1681082460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ghosts-of-chicago-john-mcnally-9780810127319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}