A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
by Ben Hecht
★3.9/5
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About This Book
All about it, all about it! Fanny's stoical face stares at the floor. If Fanny had words. But Fanny has no words. Something heavy in her heart, something vague and heavy in her thought—these are all that Fanny has.
Chapters (67)(click to expand)
- A THOUSAND AND ONE AFTERNOONS IN CHICAGO
- CONTENTS
- FANNY
- THE AUCTIONEER'S WIFE
- FOG PATTERNS
- DON QUIXOTE AND HIS LAST WINDMILL
- THE MAN HUNT
- MR. WINKELBERG
- A SELF-MADE MAN
- TO BERT WILLIAMS
- MICHIGAN AVENUE
- COEUR DE LION AND THE SOUP AND FISH
- THE SYBARITE
- DAPPER PETE AND THE SUCKER PLAY
- WATERFRONT FANCIES
- THE SNOB
- THE WAY HOME
- THE PIG
- THE LITTLE FOP
- MOTTKA
- "FA'N TA MIG!"
- FANTASTIC LOLLYPOPS
- NOTES FOR A TRAGEDY
- CORAL, AMBER AND JADE
- MEDITATION IN E MINOR
- TEN-CENT WEDDING RINGS
- WHERE THE "BLUES" SOUND
- VAGABONDIA
- NIRVANA
- THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MASTERPIECE
- SATRAPS AT PLAY
- MRS. SARDOTOPOLIS' EVENING OFF
- THE GREAT TRAVELER
- THUMBS UP AND DOWN
- ORNAMENTS
- THE WATCH FIXER
- SCHOPENHAUER'S SON
- WORLD CONQUERORS
- THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY
- THUMBNAIL LOTHARIOS
- THE SOUL OF SING LEE
- MRS. RODJEZKE'S LAST JOB
- QUEEN BESS' FEAST
- THE DAGGER VENUS
- LETTERS
- THE MOTHER
- CLOCKS AND OWL CARS
- CONFESSIONS
- AN IOWA HUMORESQUE
- THE EXILE
- ON A DAY LIKE THIS
- JAZZ BAND IMPRESSIONS
- NIGHT DIARY
- THE LAKE
- SERGT. KUZICK'S WATERLOO
- DEAD WARRIOR
- THE TATTOOER
- THE THING IN THE DARK
- AN OLD AUDIENCE SPEAKS
- MISHKIN'S MINYON
- SOCIABLE GAMBLERS
- RIPPLES
- PITZELA'S SON
- PANDORA'S BOX
- ILL-HUMORESQUE
- THE MAN WITH A QUESTION
- GRASS FIGURES
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