The best of St. Clair McKelway, a long-time New Yorker writer, whose astonishing career and work have been overlooked for too long--with an introduction by Adam Gopnik. Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Introduction by Adam...
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The best of St. Clair McKelway, a long-time New Yorker writer, whose astonishing career and work have been overlooked for too long--with an introduction by Adam Gopnik. Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Introduction by Adam Gopnik -- The 1930s -- Firebug- Catcher -- Place and Leave With -- The Innocent Man at Sing Sing -- Average Cop -- Who Is This King of Glory? (with A. J. Liebling) -- The 1940s -- Some Fun with the F.B.I. -- Mister 880 -- The Cigar, the Three Wings, and the Low-Level Attacks -- The Wily Wilby -- Gossip Writer -- The 1950s -- The Blowing of the Top of Peter Roger Oboe -- The Cockatoo -- A Case of Felony Murder -- This Is It, Honey -- The Perils of Pearl and Olga -- The Rich Recluse of Herald Square -- The 1960s -- The Edinburgh Caper -- The Big Little Man from Brooklyn -- eCopyright.
