The Maysville minstrel -- I can't breathe -- Haircut -- Alibi Ike -- Liberty Hall -- Zone of quiet -- Mr. Frisbie -- Hurry Kane -- Champion -- A day with Conrad Green -- Old folks' Christmas Harmony -- The love nest -- Ex parte -- The golden honeymoon -- Horseshoes -- There are smiles -- Anniversary --Reunion -- Travelogue -- Who delt? -- My roomy -- Some like them cold -- A caddy's diary -- Mr. & Mrs Fix-it.

This collection brings together twenty-one of Lardner’s best pieces, including the six Jack Keefe stories that comprise You Know Me, Al, as well as such familiar favorites as “Alibi Ike,” “Some Like Them Cold,” and “Guillible’s Travels.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Discover Ring Lardner's literary genius in "7 Best Short Stories." This collection showcases his sharp humor and keen observations on sports and everyday life, featuring unforgettable characters and engaging plots.

"An anthology of journalist Ring Lardner's writings on sports and other nonfiction topics that collects works that have been mostly unavailable for decades"--

This early work by Ring Lardner was originally published in 1925 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'Haircut' is a dark satire about moral blindness. Ring Lardner was born in Niles, Michigan in 1885. He studied engineering at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, but did not complete his first semester. In 1907, Lardner obtained his first job as journalist with the South Bend Times. Six years later, he published his first successful book, You Know Me Al, an epistolary novel written in the form of letters by 'Jack Keefe', a bush-league baseball player, to a friend back home. A huge hit, the book earned the appreciation of Virginia Woolf and others. Lardner went on to write such well-known short stories as 'Haircut', 'Some Like Them Cold', 'The Golden Honeymoon', 'Alibi Ike', and 'A Day with Conrad Green'.