Don Marquis & August Nemo 
7 best short stories by Don Marquis 

The journalist and writer Don Marquis obtained recognition in life, one of the works of this collection (The Old Soak) being transformed into a play and later, a movie still in the silent movie era. The seven short stories selected here bring all the humor, satire and wit of this writer. Enjoy your reading!The Old Soak The Revolt of the Oyster The Professor’s Awakening The Saddest Man Behind the Curtain Kale Too American

Über den Autor

Don Marquis, byname of Donald Robert Perry Marquis, (born July 29, 1878, Walnut, Ill., U.S.died Dec. 29, 1937, New York City), U.S. newspaperman, poet, and playwright, creator of the literary characters Archy, the cockroach, and Mehitabel, the cat, wry, down-and-out philosophers of the 1920s.