FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS (181 pp.)Damon Runyon Jr.Random House ($2.95).
Life in the pages of a Damon Runyon story is a happy affair, but Harry the Horse. Dave the Dude, Light-Finger Moe and many other guys and dolls seem to have been less engaging in fact than in fiction. When Runyon brought one of the real-life models of his characters home, his wife broke up the party by shouting: "Get that bum out of here!"
Mrs. Runyon drove her husband out of the house, and Mr. Runyon drove his wife to drink. None of this did Damon Jr. or his older sister any...
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