Books with author Arkady Leokum

Excerpt from Please Send Me, Absolutely Free: A NovelIt was the hour when the card players, impatiently hovering about the tables, gathered into little groups and stood waiting for the suggestions to be made, the chairs drawn up, and the games to begin.It was the hour, too, when the sophisticates of Hide away Hotel, the lawyer' s wife, the dentist and his wife, the insurance salesman, the school teacher, the two civil serv ice workers, the accountant s wife - the professional class who sought out each other's company to avoid mingling with the cruder guests - it was the hour when they drifted sedately toward the bridge tables and with elaborate politeness and much light banter, began their long and uninteresting games.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Please Send Me, Absolutely Free: A Novel It was the hour when the card players, impatiently hovering about the tables, gathered into little groups and stood waiting for the suggestions to be made, the chairs drawn up, and the games to begin. It was the hour, too, when the sophisticates of Hide away Hotel, the lawyer' s wife, the dentist and his wife, the insurance salesman, the school teacher, the two civil serv ice workers, the accountant s wife - the professional class who sought out each other's company to avoid mingling with the cruder guests - it was the hour when they drifted sedately toward the bridge tables and with elaborate politeness and much light banter, began their long and uninteresting games. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.