Ring Lardner: Stories & Other Writings (LOA #244) (Library of

Ring Lardner: Stories & Other Writings (LOA #244) (Library of America)
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At the height of the Jazz Age, Ring Lardner was Americaâ€™s most beloved humorist, equally admired by a popular audience and by literary friends like F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson. A sports writer who became a sensation with his comic baseball bestseller, You Know Me Al, Lardner had a rare gift for inspired nonsense and an ear attuned to the rhythms and hilarious oddities of American speech. He was also a sharp and dispassionate observer of the American scene. His best storiesâ€”among them such masterpieces as â€œHaircut,â€ â€œThe Golden Honeymoon,â€ â€œA Caddyâ€™s Diary,â€ and â€œThe Love Nestâ€â€”cast a devastating eye on the hypocrisies, prejudices, and petty scheming of everyday life. In this Library of America edition, editor Ian Frazier surveys the whole sweep of Lardnerâ€™s talents, offering contemporary readers his finest stories, the full texts of You Know Me Al, The Big Town, and the long out-of-print The Real Dope, and a generous sampling of his humor pieces, sports reporting, song lyrics, and surrealist playlets.

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2013-08-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598532531

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2013-08-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781598532531

Ring Lardner: Stories & Other Writings (LOA #244) (Library of America)

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