Haircut and Other Stories

by Lardner, Ring

• ISBN13: 9780020223443
• ISBN10: 0020223447
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-09-11
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

Ring Lardner first burst upon the literary scene with his greatest popular success, "You Know Me Al". A sportswriter by trade, Lardner had a superb ear for regional peculiarities in speech and was loved for his sense of humor. Funny, sarcastic, sometimes bitter but always ironic, Lardner understood Americans-- their desires, their dreams, and their disappointments. Contained in "Haircut and Other Stories" are some of Lardner's best-known pieces: "Haircut", "Alibi Ike", "The Love Nest", "Zone of Quiet", and "Champion". Through these pages pass con men; an opinionated small-town barber; a nurse who chatters on and on, much to the chagrin of her charges; baseball players who have excuses for everything; and boxers who try to make it in the fight game. Published in "The Saturday Evening Post", "Collier's" and "Vanity Fair", Lardner enjoyed great success and was heralded as a singular talent by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, H. L. Mencken, and Virginia Woolf. "Haircut and Other Stories" is a celebration of people and of America, and is a must for anyone interested in classic American fiction.

Author Biography

Ring Lardner was a sports columnist and acclaimed short-story writer. He worked for several newspapers throughout his career. His stories were notoriously filled with satire, grammatical errors, and everyday events.

Table of Contents

Haircut	9	(13)
I Can't Breathe	22	(13)
Alibi Ike	35	(22)
Zone of Quiet	57	(13)
Champion	70	(23)
A Day With Conrad Green	93	(16)
The Love Nest	109	(14)
The Golden Honeymoon	123	(19)
Horseshoes	142	(27)
Some Like Them Cold	169