{"product_id":"the-barefoot-bingo-caller-antanas-sileika-9781770413429","title":"The Barefoot Bingo Caller: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWitty, wide-ranging stories of one man's adventures in the world \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Filled with pleasures . . . I enjoyed it immensely.\" -- Meg Wolitzer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Interestings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Bingo Caller\u003c\/i\u003e, Antanas Sileika finds what's funny and touching in the most unlikely places, from a bingo hall to the collapsing Soviet Union. He shares stories of his attempts to shake off his suburban, ethnic, folk-dancing childhood; his divided allegiance as a Lithuanian Canadian father; and such memorable characters as aging beat poets, oblivious college students, and an obdurate porcupine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassing through places as varied as a prime minister's office and the streets of Paris, these wry and moving dispatches on work, family, art, and identity are masterpieces of comic memoir and social observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The memories have been vividly, deliberately shaped by a master storyteller over a lifetime of telling, to powerful and often hilarious effect.\" -- \u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Funny and wistful, always engaging and wholly original, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Bingo Caller\u003c\/i\u003e charts the geography of belonging from the suburbs of Weston to the streets of Vilnius, from iconic Parisian bookstores to secret fishing holes in the backwoods of Ontario.\" -- Will Ferguson, Giller Prize-winning author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antanas Sileika\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770413421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770413429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Antanas Sileika","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937929036031,"sku":"9781770413429","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f5d3f169-2647-49ac-a9ec-a2cb7c8cb721.jpg?v=1681432729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-barefoot-bingo-caller-antanas-sileika-9781770413429","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}