In 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of
Mike Royko's columns, entitled "One More Time: The Best of Mike
Royko." The response was immediate and overwhelming--readers almost
instantly began asking when the second volume of Royko columns
would appear. With more than a hundred vintage Royko columns and a
foreword by Roger Ebert, "For the Love of Mike" was the
answer.
Royko, a nationally syndicated Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote for
three major Chicago newspapers in the course of his 34 years as a
daily columnist. Chosen from more than 7,000 columns, "For the Love
of Mike" brings back more than a hundred vintage Royko pieces-most
of which have not appeared since their initial publication-for
readers across the country to enjoy. This second collection
includes Royko's riffs on the consequences of accepting a White
House dinner invitation (not surprisingly, he turned it down); his
explanation of the notorious Ex-Cub Factor in World Series play;
and his befuddlement at a private screening of "Beyond the Valley
of the Dolls," to which he was invited by his pal Ebert, the
screenplay's author. The new collection also illuminates Royko's
favorite themes, topics he returned to again and again: his
skewering of cultural trends, his love of Chicago, and his rage
against injustice. By turns acerbic, hilarious, and deeply moving,
Royko remains a writer of wit and passion who represents the best
of urban journalism.
"To read these columns again is to have Mike back again, nudging,
chuckling, wincing, deflating pomposity, sticking up for the little
guy, defending good ideas against small-minded people," writes
Roger Ebert in his foreword to the book. "For the Love of Mike"
does indeed bring Mike back again, and until a Chicago newspaper
takes up Ebert's suggestion that it begin reprinting each of
Royko's columns, one a day, this collection will more than satisfy
Royko's loyal readers.
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