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- Publisher: Replica Books
- ISBN: 0020223420
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101570466
- Release Date: September 1, 1991
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #533602 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #57681 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #2203 in Classics (See Top 100 Classics Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "You Know Me Al" by Ring Lardner to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "You Know Me Al"Browse more products related to "Ring Lardner"Review"My hunch is that the reason why so many thousands responded with such joy to the early baseball stories that became Lardner's most famous book, 'You Know Me Al', was that they heard their own voices therein and were transfixed by what they heard." "When I first read 'You Know Me Al', I...assumed that it was a polished later work. The pacing of the narrative, the expert changes of lens and focus--this could not be the work of a beginner. But it seems that as a storyteller, Lardner was born fully armed. He never knew where it came from and was always uncomfortable with his gift....But in this, this first outing, one still finds the serenity of a man at play, making all the right moves because he doesn't know the game is supposed to be difficult." "Mr. Lardner has talents of a remarkable order. With the surest touch, the sharpest insight, he lets Jack Keefe the baseball player cut his own outline, fill in his own depths, until the figure of the foolish, boastful, innocent athlete lives before us." "Lardner's work is a contribution of genuine and permanent value to the national literature." Publisher's note"You Know me Al" is a classic of baseball--the game and the community. Jack Keefe, one of literature's greatest characters, is talented, brash, and conceited. Self-assured and imperceptive, impervious to both advice and sarcasm, Keefe rises to the heights, but his inability to learn makes for his undoing. Through a series of letters from this bush-league pitcher to his not-quite-anonymous friend Al, Lardner maintains a balance between the funny and the moving, the pathetic and the glorious. Nostalgic in its view of pre-World War I America--a time before the "live" ball, a time filled with names like Ty Cobb, Charles Comiskey, Walter Johnson, and Eddie Cicotte--this is not a simple period piece. It is about competition, about the ability to reason, and most of all it is about being human. First published in 1914, "You Know Me Al" says as much to us about ourselves today as it did seventy-five years ago. AnnotationA novel, written in the form of letters, from a minor league ball player to a friend named Al. This book made Lardner's reputation as a premier writer, specifically about baseball. If You Enjoy "You Know Me Al (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "You Know Me Al (Paperback)" by Ring Lardner (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Classics Bestsellers
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