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The Best of Damon Runyon

by Damon Runyon · 1945 · 237 pages

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The book was originally published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, February 24, 1938.

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Genre
humor
Setting
1940snew york
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 237 pages
Form
short stories

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