{"product_id":"the-john-lardner-reader-9780803230477","title":"The John Lardner Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection marks the return to print of John Lardner, one of America's press box giants, a classic stylist whose wry humor and tireless reporting helped elevate sportswriting to art. The brilliant W.C. Heinz called Lardner \"\"the best of us.\"\" This book shows why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If this collection of 49 sports pieces is a true measure of John Lardner's talent, it's almost scandalous that the work of Ring's oldest son has not appeared in book form for some 50 years. . . . A collection well worth the wait.\"—Alan Moores, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In these days of chest-thumping anthropoids on ESPN, it does one's heart good to read Lardner (son of Ring) once again and to be reminded that there really was a golden age of sportswriting.\"—Henry Kisor,\u003ci\u003eThe Recluctant Blogger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fortunately for us, John Schulian, a distinguished sportswriter in his own right. . . has put together an invigorating sample of Lardner's best sportswriting, [\u003ci\u003eThe John Lardner Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is] a generous and representative blend of Lardner's \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e columns, newspaper stories and freelance magazine pieces.\"—Alex Belth, SI.com\u003cbr\u003e\"While his fellow sportswriters were perfecting new techniques in the line of hero worship, Lardner was exploring sporting celebrity as performance, a way of hiding private obsessions and defeats, and a love, above all, of money and the high life. That he wrote about what he saw with such a light, clean touch doesn't diminish the basic darkness of his vision. Lardner, his mind on a time already past, saw LeBron James, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Alex Rodriguez coming. He was appalled.\"—Tim Marchman, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lardner, who unfortunately died 50 years ago a couple of calendars short of his 50th birthday, fortunately has Schulian in his corner and reintroducing his work to a generation of scribes who could benefit from the opportunity to step back and reassess their craft.\"—Tom Hoffarth, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Daily News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003eJohn Lardner Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific book because the best of John Lardner is extraordinarily good. And nobody should dismiss even the worst of him. . . . It is a great joy to see his work recollected and republished.\"—Bill Littlefield, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Dan Jenkins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by John Schulian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. In a Class by Themselves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDown Great Purple Valleys\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Haig\": Rowdy Rebel of the Fairways\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Bats and Brawls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBabe Herman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood-by to All That\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemoirs of Old Satch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost Blood for Your Money\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Home of the Bean and the Kid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe World's Richest Problem Child\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHard-way Bill on the Mississippi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey Walked by Night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaseball Eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassing of an Unlicensed Hero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe All-American Rookie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBall Fans and Other Primates\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemoirs of a Mild Fanatic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRazor Blades Amok\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Space Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Cauliflower Alley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorgan on Jaws\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBag Hits Baer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Boy Bandit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpsy Downsy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath of a Simian and a Scholar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Case of the Chilly Giant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Percentage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife with Eddie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sweet and the Tough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Arthur Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFun at the Scales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Pitching for Bartlett's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen in Doubt, Hang the Judge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Scar, No Memory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4. Cautionary Tales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Life and Loves of the Real McCoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMysterious Montague\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBattling Siki\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5. Other Precincts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Roller Derby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSleeper for 44\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Old Postgraduate Try\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooney's Ride\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Angel on Horseback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Bill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrong Cigars and Lovely Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Was That Again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Jacoby and the National Folly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Best of the Browsers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe in Memoriam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Life of T-ts Sh-r\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Price Olympic Peace?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 6. Two for the Money\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitanic Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sack of Shelby\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405248635223,"sku":"9780803230477","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803230477.jpg?v=1730489276","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-john-lardner-reader-9780803230477","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}