{"product_id":"2026200014823-secondhand-shut-up-he-explained-a-ring-lardner-selection","title":"Shut Up, He Explained: A Ring Lardner Selection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew American writers have captured the absurdity of everyday life with the razor-sharp wit and satirical precision of Ring Lardner, and Shut Up, He Explained presents a masterful curated selection of his finest works, edited by Babette Rosmond and Henry Morgan. This anthology chronicles Lardner's celebrated ability to skewer the pretensions of American society — from the baseball diamond to the bourgeois parlour — through his trademark use of vernacular dialogue, unreliable narrators, and biting irony that feels as fresh today as when it was first written.\n\nLardner's prose style is deceptively simple, luring readers into a false sense of comfort before delivering incisive commentary on human vanity, self-deception, and the peculiarities of the American character. Widely regarded as one of the most underrated literary voices of the early twentieth century, his influence on writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald is well-documented yet often underappreciated. This carefully assembled selection is an essential introduction for the uninitiated and a rewarding revisit for those already acquainted with his genius — a reminder that true satire never ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203164119259,"sku":"2026200014823-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b7bc7774-3c18-4927-a5c6-914ee545c613.png?v=1788144832","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014823-secondhand-shut-up-he-explained-a-ring-lardner-selection","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}