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First great success of Ring Lardner was ''You Know Me Al'', a fictional series of lettersfrom a popular baseball hero to his friend, slowly revealing the hero as asemiliterate, crude, conceited, self-deceiving boob. This work was created whileLardner was writing a sports column for The Chicago Tribune, first appeared inThe Saturday Evening Post. It was later published in the book form in 1916.You Know Me Al shows Lardner as a satirical master: a fine and misanthropic storytellerwith a excellent feel for the niceties of characters and speech.
