{"product_id":"books-haircut-and-other-stories-by-ring-lardner","title":"\"Haircut\" and Other Stories","description":"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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53507070099729,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780020223443.jpg?v=1778120366","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-haircut-and-other-stories-by-ring-lardner","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}