Ring Lardner

"Shut Up He Explained" by Terrence Rafferty is an article GQ (October 2002) about sports writer and short story writer Ring Lardner (1885-1933). Rafferty laments the fact that Lardner has fallen into obscurity, although at one time he was one of the high paid and best-known writers in America. I bought a collection of his short stories twenty years ago at a library sale without knowing a thing about him. His stories show a superb craftsmanship and an eye for telling details.