The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze

By William Saroyan,

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A timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934.With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of The Daring Young Man on…

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1 author picked The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

It’s so easy to forget how good writing can send a blast of wind through your hair.

This book of stories made me fall in love with reading all over again. The early twentieth century became famous through Faulkner, Hemingway, and the rest – but I have not read anyone from the period quite as bright and alive as Saroyan.

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