{"product_id":"the-fiddler-in-the-subway-gene-weingarten-9781439181591","title":"The Fiddler in the Subway: The True Story of What Happened When a World-Class Violinist Played for Handouts... and Other Virtuoso Performances by","description":"\u003cb\u003eGENE WEINGARTEN IS THE O. HENRY OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimply the best storyteller around, Weingarten describes the world as you think it is before revealing how it actually is--in narratives that are by turns hilarious, heartwarming, and provocative, but always memorable. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMillions of people know the title piece about violinist Joshua Bell, which originally began as a stunt: What would happen if you put a world-class musician outside a Washington, D.C., subway station to play for spare change? Would anyone even notice? The answer was no. Weingarten's story went viral, becoming a widely referenced lesson about life lived too quickly. Other classic stories--the one about \"The Great Zucchini,\" a wildly popular but personally flawed children's entertainer; the search for the official \"Armpit of America\"; a profile of the typical American nonvoter--all of them reveal as much about their readers as they do their subjects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene Weingarten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439181594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439181591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 6.18w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2010 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2010 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Gene Weingarten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050725929215,"sku":"9781439181591","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e872c9b4-66ef-4b3f-94ce-6aa467c09e86.jpg?v=1685008884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fiddler-in-the-subway-gene-weingarten-9781439181591","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}