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Sez Who Sez Me

by Mike Royko · 1982

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More than a decade's worth of essays by the Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated columnist capture the essence of big city American life, from neighborhood taverns to backroom politics. The human comedy has Mike Royko on the hip and we're all the better for it.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 263 pages

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