Ring Lardner's quirky imagination and his ear for the American vernacular endeared him to such formidable critics as H.L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Virginia Woolf. This collection brings together 20 of Lardner's best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories which comprise...

Ring Lardner's quirky imagination and his ear for the American vernacular endeared him to such formidable critics as H.L. Mencken, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Virginia Woolf. This collection brings together 20 of Lardner's best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories which comprise "You Know Me Al".

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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