
Selected Stories
Ring Lardner(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-14-118018-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner's best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as "Alibi Ike," "Some Like Them Cold," and "Guillible's Travels."
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-118018-2 (9780141180182)
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Jonathan Yardley is the book critic of and a columnist for the Washington Post. His books include biographies of Ring Lardner and Frederick Exley. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism in 1981.
Content
Edited with an Introduction by Jonathan YardleyIntroduction by Jonathan Yardley
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
You Know Me Al
A Busher's Letters Home
The Busher Comes Back
The Busher's Honeymoon
A New Busher Breaks In
The Busher's Kid
The Busher Beats It Hence
CALL FOR MR. KEEFE!
ALONG CAME RUTH
ALIBI IKE
GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS
CHAMPION
THE FACTS
HARMONY
MY ROOMY
THE YOUNG IMMIGRUNTS
The Big Town
Quick Returns
Ritchey
Lady Perkins
Only One
Katie Wins a Home
SOME LIKE THEM COLD
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
You Know Me Al
A Busher's Letters Home
The Busher Comes Back
The Busher's Honeymoon
A New Busher Breaks In
The Busher's Kid
The Busher Beats It Hence
CALL FOR MR. KEEFE!
ALONG CAME RUTH
ALIBI IKE
GULLIBLE'S TRAVELS
CHAMPION
THE FACTS
HARMONY
MY ROOMY
THE YOUNG IMMIGRUNTS
The Big Town
Quick Returns
Ritchey
Lady Perkins
Only One
Katie Wins a Home
SOME LIKE THEM COLD