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You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters
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You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters Hardback - 1987

by Ring Lardner; Introduction by John Lardner; Preface by Ring Lardner

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Ring Lardner was an American original. He had countless imitators -- journalists who tried to reproduce his uncanny virtuosity with the American idiom; writers who tried to evoke his brilliant blend of drama and irony. Yet he remains without rival.

"You Know Me AI" is Ring Lardner at his best. It is a classic of baseball, the game, and the community. Through a series of letters from a bush-league pitcher to his not quite anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a superb balance between the funny and the moving, the pathetic and the glorious. And Jack Keefe, the correspondent of these letters, is one of his most brilliant achievements.

In a revealing and comprehensive introduction, John Lardner, the author's son and a well-known writer himself, demonstrates, with the testimony of such disparate voices as Virginia Woolf and H. L. Mencken, the awesomely complex reputation of "You Know Me Al."

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  • Title You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters
  • Author Ring Lardner; Introduction by John Lardner; Preface by Ring Lardner
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 218
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher MacMillan Publishing Company
  • Publication date 1987-04
  • ISBN 9780025684409 / 002568440X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.61 x 5.79 x 0.87 in (21.87 x 14.71 x 2.21 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Baseball players
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 86028611
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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