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Title: Selected Stories by Ring Lardner, Jonathan Yardley ISBN: 0-14-118018-8 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: I love Lardner but there are better collections
Comment: I absolutely love Ring Lardner. Some of his classics such as "Alibi Ike" and "Champion" are included in this volume. Champion is a frightening portrait of a brutal, totally amoral heavyweight champ who makes Mike Tyson look like a choir boy. The character is absolutely chilling and stands in sharp contrast to the many humorous characters Lardner has created. The beauty of his more humorous creations is that they bring a chuckle but are not so outlandish as be unreal. What is funny is that we all probably know people who are just like those satirized by Lardner. My criticism of this collection is that it omits my favorite Lardner story: "Mr. & Mrs. Fixit." We all know people like those lampooned in that story and it's too bad it's missing. My suggestion is to buy a collection that omits the short novel "You Know Mw Al" and buy one with a larger selection of shorter stories and then buy "You Know Me Al" separately. However, if you do buy this, you will still most certainly get your money's worth.

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