Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect!

You can count on Guys and Dolls being revived at least once every ten years, and on and on, probably as long as there is an America. For the stories of Damon Runyon, from which came what many authorities think is the greatest musical ever created, are as American as apple pie. You'll savor the spice and richness in these thirty-two tales, a perfect sampler of the Runyon genius. Here you will read about Runyon's most fabulous - that is to say - Runyonesque characters. Start with "Broadway C...

''Damon Runyon Favorites'' is a classic major collection of colorful short stories and novellas by Damon Runyon that vividly portrays the underworld of New York during the Prohibition era. It focuses on gangsters, gamblers, touts, and Broadway characters, featuring tales like "Little Miss Marker" and "Madame La Gimp". It features memorable, hard-boiled characters with colorful nicknames such as Harry the Horse, Spanish John, Little Isadore, and The Brain, and explores gambling (craps and h...

Alfred Damon Runyon (1880–1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer best known for his stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. He spun humorous and sentimental tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers suc...

This volume contains a collection of Damon Runyon's often simultaneously hilarious, sentimental, and horrifying short stories. Full of memorable characters and masterfully composed narrative, these short stories constitute a wonderful addition to any personal library, and are not to be missed by discerning collectors of Runyon's work. The stories contained herein include: Beach of Promise, Romance in the Roaring Forties, Dream Street Rose, The Old Doll's House, Blood Pressure, The Bloodhou...

Tales from the world of gamblers and small-time crooks who inhabited the world of the speakeasies during Prohibition. The Prohibition era comes alive in these comic tales featuring dames (dolls, babes, broads, or ever-loving wives) and guys (players, gamblers, citizens and cops), along with the gee-gees, the bars and the speakeasies of the day. All written in Runyon's unique comic style.

This is a collection of Readers’ Choice of the best columns of America’s favorite newspaperman, Damon Runyon.

Neste conto exemplar de Damon Runyon, o narrador descreve com olhar aguçado, em primeira pessoa, conflitos e personagens típicos dos bares e clubes novaiorquinos dos anos 1920 e 1930Dave the Dude, um sujeito marrento envolvido no contrabando de mercadorias, se vê encantado por Billy Perry, uma dançarina do Sixteen Hundred Club. Paralelamente, Waldo Winchester, um repórter local, visita os estabelecimentos da região a trabalho e acaba se aproximando perigosamente de...

Obra de autor incontornável das letras americanas traz galeria de personagens marcantes da Nova York dos anos 1920 e 1930, em estilo inconfundívelJogadores, gângsteres, apostadores, cantores, coristas, leões de chácara, contrabandistas, garçons, pugilistas e até uma missionária. Todos tentando se virar — nem sempre honestamente — na Nova York dos anos 1920 e 1930, tempos da Grande Depressão e da Lei Seca. É essa galeria de efêmeros ganhadores e perdedores que povoa...

MASTER OF THE MAIN STEM!Here are some stories by Damon Runyon—the man who, according to Walter Winchell, knows more about the Roaring Forties than any other writing man. Included are many of the stories that have made him famous. There are "Little Miss Marker," "The Hottest Guy in the World," and "Madame La Gimp," who went Hollywood and became the celebrated Lady for a Day.You'll enjoy meeting some of Mr. Runyon's friends, socially. You'll like Harry the Horse and Spanish Joh...

Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in the Spanish–American War. After his service he returned to Colorado and...

Alfred Damon Runyan was born on 4th October 1880, in Manhattan, Kansas.When Runyon was two his father was forced to sell his newspaper and the family moved eventually settling in Pueblo, Colorado where Runyon spent his youth.By most accounts, he attended school only through the fourth grade and then worked for his father in the newspaper trade.In 1898 Runyon enlisted in the U.S. Army to fight in the Spanish–American War. After his service he returned to Colorado and...