Lardner

Set in a small American town barbershop, Ring Lardner’s short storyHaircutoffers much more than just a casual tale about a chatty barber and his customers. Beneath its deceptively light tone lies a sharp critique of small-town cruelty, moral complacency, and the unsettling consequences of inaction. As the narrator, a barber named Whitey, recounts the local … Read more