Guys and Dollsby Damon Runyon | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Short Story Collection" |
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| Pages: | 496 |
| Year of Publication: | 1932 |
| Date Read: | 07/21/1998 |
| Notes: | A compilation of Runyon's short stories, dating from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. The stories are very funny, peppered with the catchy slang of Runyon's small-time con artists, racetrack touts, Broadway characters, and guys who are "just around." Includes such stories as Broadway Incident (drama critic Ambrose Hammer goes nightclubbing), Madame La Gimp (hoodlums pass off a bag lady as a society matron), A Piece of Pie (the gang wants to bet on Nicely-Nicely Jones in an eating contest), Delegates at Large (Harry the Horse and his associates attend a political convention), Hold 'Em, Yale (the gang attends a "very large football game between the Harvards and the Yales"), and many more. |
| My Rating: | 7 |