Some Champions: Sketches and Fiction from a Humorist's Career

By Ring Lardner

Book Overview

Sharing stories and sketches by beloved sports columnist Ring Lardner, this book is guaranteed to bring a laugh to readers as they follow Ring through the adventures of everyday life.

In a collection of untold stories and sketches, Ring Lardner showcases his wit and wry sense of irony in every piece. A sportswriter by trade, Lardner was widely known for his superb ear for the regional peculiarities of speech and notoriously loved for his humor.

A must for anyone interested in classic American fiction, Some Champions shares many of Lardner's classic tales focused on the quirks and pathos of human beings, including their daily turmoils and small triumphs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020223439
• ISBN13: 9780020223436
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Touchstone
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for any Lardner fan

Some Champions contains stories by Ring Lardner not seen in any other compilation of his stories anywhere. He's got some excellent short stories included in here like "Mamma," a story about a woman who has lost her memory but in the end you find out she's lost more than that. And "Poodle" about a down on his luck guy with a overbearing wife who gets let go from his job and falls into another one because he looks like someone a rich person knows. It's well written and funny. And "Bob's Birthday," a poignant story about one family member, Bob, a successful musician, who supports his entire family who are all out of work and do not mind it one bit. These are just three of the many stories included in this book. Well worth the purchase. It's classic Lardner.