{"product_id":"summer-in-brooklyn","title":"Summer in Brooklyn","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Grayson was born in Brooklyn and grew up there.  He began keeping a daily diary in August 1969, as he was about to enter Brooklyn College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis 1979 first book of short stories, WITH HITLER IN NEW YORK, was called \"really funny\" by Liz Smith in the Daily News and \"where avant-garde fiction goes when it becomes stand-up comedy\" by Rolling Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere are entries from his summer diaries from age 18 to 24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Grayson started writing regularly at 18.  He had just spent a year in his room, scared to come out.  Grayson didn't know it then, but he was suffering from agoraphobia, a nervous breakdown of some sort.  When he reappeared in the spring of 1969, everything seemed fresh.  It was a classic case of being rehatched.\" - The Miami Herald\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Grayson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44934665568417,"sku":"9780615237947","price":34.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1q4zjpg-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748239835","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/summer-in-brooklyn","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}