For more than 30 years, Mike Royko was a part of the daily fabric of Chicagoans’ lives, penning often humorous and always honest columns first for the Chicago Daily News, then the Sun-Times, and finally the Tribune. Culled from thousands of his Tribune columns and edited by his son David Royko, this collection offers up his best material from the last stage in his career, which was cut short by his premature death in 1997.
Introduction by John Kass
Chapter 1: The Curmudgeon at Work and Play
Chapter 2: For Better and For Worse, We All Gotta Eat
Chapter 3: Guns and Crime and Cops
Chapter 4: The Beleagured Little Guy's Best Friend
Chapter 5: Sports and the Creatures Who Do It
Chapter 6: Politics and the Creatures Who Play It
Chapter 7: Music, Film, TV, Art, and The Creatures Who Make It
Chapter 8: Come On In, Meet the Family, Her Father Probably Won't Bite
Chapter 9: Sonny, Back In MY Day . . .
Chapter 10: Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Chapter 11: War - Been There, Done That, Seen It, Hate It
Chapter 12: The Funniest Guy in the Room
Chapter 13: Me, Myself and I
Chapter 14: Poopery, er, Potpourri
Born and raised in Chicago, Mike Royko (1932–1997) produced more than 7,500 daily columns for the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Daily News. He also wrote numerous books, including the acclaimed Boss, a critical biography of Richard J. Daley and the Chicago Democratic machine. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1972.
