num_pages: 304
description: This dazzling collection of shorter fiction describes a series of self-awakenings -- a suburban divorcee deciding among lovers, a celebrity drawn into his cousin's life of crime, a father remembering bygone Chicago, an artist, and an academic awaiting extradition for some unnamed offense.
language: English
title: Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories
genres: Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Nobel Prize, The United States Of America, Jewish, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 704
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: O. Henry Award
category: 'A Silver Dish', awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Classics