{"product_id":"9780486159010","title":"You Know Me Al","description":"In the early decades of the twentieth century, newspaperman and humorist Ring Lardner (1885–1933) made America laugh with his hilarious depictions of odd characters in the sporting world, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood. His first great success was \u003ci\u003eYou Know Me Al, \u003c\/i\u003ea fictional series of letters from a popular baseball hero to his friend, slyly revealing the letter writer as a crude, conceited, semiliterate, self-deceiving boob.\u003cbr\u003eThe letters, created while Lardner was writing a sports column for \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune,\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e and were later published in book form in 1918. \u003ci\u003eYou Know Me Al \u003c\/i\u003ereveals Lardner as a satirical master at the peak of his form: a fine albeit misanthropic storyteller with a superb feel for the niceties of characters and speech and a sure instinct for provoking laughter.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119957524720,"sku":"9780486159010","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780486159010_p0.jpg?v=1763708416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780486159010","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}