Join us for an evening with local author Jim Knipfel, sharing Noogie’s Time to Shine, a novel whose movie adaptation will be featured at the Tarlton Theater on Saturday, December 6th!
About the Novel
Ned "Noogie" Krapczak grew up in rough circumstances in Jersey City, New Jersey. Movies were his only escape, and he dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. But by the time he turns thirty, things aren't working out the way they were supposed to. Instead of making movies, Noogie has a job restocking ATM machines in delis and drugstores. One day he sees a way out of it all in the form of a slow-motion heist, siphoning $20 bills a few at a time out of the machines he is supposed to be filling. When his scheme is finally uncovered, he hits the road with his Siamese cat, Dillinger, and 350 pounds of $20 bills totaling nearly $5 million.
In that instant, Noogie finds himself not watching movies but living them. He's pulled off a great caper and is on the lam cross-country, a life worthy of Edward G. Robinson or Steve McQueen. Noogie works his way down the East Coast on this great escape, disguising himself by using the names of characters from some of his favorite movies. In telling the stories of Noogie's final days, Jim Knipfel's novel captures the tragic end of a broken man who, however briefly and unseemly, managed to live the American dream - he starred in his own movie.
About the Author
Jim Knipfel is the author of over a dozen books, including the bestsellers “Slackjaw” and “These Children Who Come At You With Knives.” His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal,New York Daily News, New York Post, The Believer and lots of other publications. The Los Angeles Press Club recently named him 2024’s Online Columnist of the Year. He currently lives in Green Bay, WI.
You may also like the following events from Lion's Mouth Bookstore:
- Next month, 5th December, 06:00 pm, Jane Hamilton Sharing The Phoebe Variations in Conversation with Maggie Ginsberg in Green Bay
- Next month, 20th December, 11:00 am, Katie Bain Signing Desert Dreams: The Music, Style, and Allure of Coachella in Green Bay
- Happening on, 10th January, 11:00 am, Sarah Jane Peters Signing Conscious Parenting in a Digital World in Green Bay
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