These "sketches" comprise commentary that has appeared in various publications, including "Good Housekeeping, The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, Collier's", and "Trotter and Pacer", throughout Lardner's illustrious career.
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Excellent book for any Lardner fan,
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This review is from: Some Champions (Paperback)
Some Champions contains stories by Ring Lardner not seen in any other compilation of his stories anywhere. He's got some excellent short stories included in here like "Mamma," a story about a woman who has lost her memory but in the end you find out she's lost more than that. And "Poodle" about a down on his luck guy with a overbearing wife who gets let go from his job and falls into another one because he looks like someone a rich person knows. It's well written and funny. And "Bob's Birthday," a poignant story about one family member, Bob, a successful musician, who supports his entire family who are all out of work and do not mind it one bit.
These are just three of the many stories included in this book. Well worth the purchase. It's classic Lardner.
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The Public will doubtless be dumfounded to learn that I recently celebrated my thirty-second birthday anniversary. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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South Bend, New York, Miss Fraser, White Sox, The Saturday Evening Post, Uncle George, Long Island, American League, Chicago Tribune, Jersey City, Jack Curley, Jack Gibbs, Donie Bush, Central League, Middle West, Notre Dame, James Clarkson, George Rice, The Sox, Manager Jones, Cleveland Spiders, San Francisco, Dan Howley, Walter Eckersall, Rosie Dolly New!
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The Public will doubtless be dumfounded to learn that I recently celebrated my thirty-second birthday anniversary. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old souper, sporting department, official scorer, training trip Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Bend, New York, Miss Fraser, White Sox, The Saturday Evening Post, Uncle George, Long Island, American League, Chicago Tribune, Jersey City, Jack Curley, Jack Gibbs, Donie Bush, Central League, Middle West, Notre Dame, James Clarkson, George Rice, The Sox, Manager Jones, Cleveland Spiders, San Francisco, Dan Howley, Walter Eckersall, Rosie Dolly New!
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- Ring Lardner: Selected Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Ring Lardner in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Professions of Authorship: Essays in Honor of Matthew J. Bruccoli by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli on page 239
- American Short Story: Volume 2 by Calvin Skaggs on page 226
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