The Best of Damon Runyon Author:Edited by EC Bentley American art in the purest and most native sense. Every now and then the endeavors of a gifted American make their way across the Atlantic and upset the even tenor of the ways of the English. John Paul Jones threw them into a frenzy, James MCNeil Whistler in calmer days brought them to a boil and a more recent American bombshell to burst right... more » into the heart of mayfair is Damon Runyon. This choice selection from the pen of the celebrated newspaperman who is said to know more of Broadway, and of sporting life, and the underworld, than any other writing man alive, is indispensable to all who are interested in Americana presented in the richly imaginative Runyonese style. These are stories that first pull at your heartstrings, and then make you laughtill you cry for mercy. They are full of suspense, and are written in a strange, wonderful, inspired jargon.« less