The Damon Runyon Omnibus (1944)

by Damon Runyon

Other authors: Heywood Broun (Introduction)

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"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!" --Amazon.… (more)

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I found this based on one of the short stories recommended an age ago in an old writing group. Loved the story, went back to the start, and read them all. For a while I tried reading one a night as a going-to-bed treat but that fell down pretty quickly!

The voice is unique: resolutely present-tense even where explicitly referring to the past, rife with contemporary slang while avoiding contractions, and laden with euphemism and irony around the less-than-legal activities engaged in by many/most of the characters. It is perfectly delightful. (

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Very well-known stories told in comic New York dialect (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Damon Runyon	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Broun, Heywood	Introduction	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Guys and Dolls

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1944

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One morning along about four bells, I am standing in front of Mindy's restaurant on Broadway with a guy by the name of Regret, who has this name because it seems he wins a very large bet the year the Whitney filly, Regret, grabs the Kentucky Derby, and can never forget it, which is maybe because it is the only very large bet he ever wins in his life.

Introduction: The mantle of O. Henry has been distributed by many who did not own it to several who did not deserve it.

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Please do not combine with Guys and Dolls: The Stories of Damon Runyon, which has 32 stories in it. This version has 13 stories only (see Book description).

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"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!" --Amazon.

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Includes Introduction by Heywood Broun and 13 stories:
The bloodhounds of Broadway -- Social error -- The Lily of St. Pierre -- Butch minds the baby -- Lillian -- Romance in the roaring forties -- A very honorable guy -- Madame La Gimp -- Dark Dolores -- "Gentlemen, the King!" -- The hottest guy in the world -- The Brain goes home -- Blood pressure.

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