| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories | |
| Author: | William Saroyan |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Short story |
| Publisher: | Random House |
| Release Date: | 1934 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 274 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, hardback) |
| Followed By: | Inhale and Exhale (1936) |
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories is the first collection of 26 short stories by William Saroyan published in 1934 (Random House). The author was recognized as a "the most widely discussed discovery of 1934" and the book became an immediate bestseller.[1]
The title was inspired by the refrain of a popular folk song The Flying Trapeze:
He'd fly through the air with the greatest of ease,
That daring young man on the flying trapeze.
The story first appeared in the February issue of the Story magazine.[2] It won the third prize of the O. Henry Award for the best short story of the year.[3]