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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book could make a sad man laugh,
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This review is from: Haircut and Other Stories (Paperback)
I had this book in hardback and it dissappeared when I lent it to a friend. A long time went buy until I found Amazon and was able to replace the book. To tell you the truth I enjoyed it even more the second time around. Alibi Ike could probably make someone laugh on his way to the electric chair. Also for young people, this book could show you the path we followed to get here.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
He'll make you laugh but you may feel crumby about it,
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This review is from: Haircut and Other Stories (Paperback)
There is a lot of really funny stuff . Consider the lines , "She looked at me like I was a side dish she hadn't ordered" Or another one in which a traveler is shown the Grand Canyon and says only , " What a hole" . This guy was tremendously funny and had a real feel for the slang and colloquial of his time. Maybe he didn't like people very much but he made it clear in an amusing way. " Still there are people who laugh at the guy who slips on the banana peel, and people who do not. Lardner is thus much less a favorite of mine other great American comic writers , not simply Twain but someone like Damon Runyan. Runyan loves his characters . Lardner seems to really like no one. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Haircut and Other Stories by Ring Lardner (Hardcover - June 1922)
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