Description
Damon Runyan's immortal portrait of thirties Broadway is timeless in its humour and characterization.
Meet the infamous Sky Masterson, so called because no one bets higher than The Sky. When he is struck dumb by the beauty of Miss Sarah Brown of the Save-a-Soul Mission, he turns to gambling for his own soul. Then there's Nicely-Nicely Jones, who narrowly escapes the clutches of the Widow Crumb, only to be nearly starved by his new fianceรฉ Hilda. So, when a big eating competition is set up, Nicely has to be replaced by none other than Violette (who has a beautiful smile and a fearsome appetite).
Here are some of the gamest guys and the sweetest dolls ever to stroll down Broadway, captured in Runyon's impeccable dialogue and fast-moving prose. Small wonder, then, that Punch called Runyon's language 'magnificent, charming, and very, very funny'.
ISBN:9780140622621
