Guys and Dolls: and Other Stories
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Guys and Dolls: and Other Stories
By (Author) Damon Runyon
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
10th October 2005
28th July 2005
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 16mm
213g
Description
Slick, upbeat and funny, these stories inspired the popular musical and film Guys and Dolls. 'Of all the high players this country ever sees, there is no doubt but that the guy they call the Sky is the highest. He will bet all he has, and nobody can bet any more than this'.
Author Bio
Alfred Dmon Runyon was born in 1884 in Manhattan, Kansas. During WWI he became a war correspondent, and he continued to write after the war. Runyion's stories are highly original and lively evocations of Broadway low-life and the New York sporting scene. Initially collected in Guys and Dolls (1932), other collections include Blue Plate Special (1934) amd Take it Easy (1938). He died in 1946.
