The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

Author(s): William Saroyan

Location(s): Northern California, San Francisco

Genre(s): Short Stories

Era(s): 1920s

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This collection of stories, penned in the 1930s but set in the 1920s, has a wonderful introduction by Stephen Fry, who eulogises about the quality of William Saroyan’s writing. The concise use of words, the evocation of the times,...

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