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The Rabbi of Lud - Stanley Elkin
A small-town Rabbi's quiet life is turned upside down when his only daughter drops a bombshell The only long-term occupants of Lud, New Jersey, reside in its cemeteries,a fact that... -
The Magic Kingdom - Stanley Elkin
Review“A splendid work of fiction.” —_Newsday_“Hysterical and profound . . . Earns its place among the dark voyages that fiction must chronicle.” —_The New York Times_P... -
The Franchiser - Stanley Elkin
The comic story of a man's obsessive quest to build a fast food empire across America For the better part of the 1970s, entrepreneur Ben Flesh could expand his business kingdom wit... -
The Dick Gibson Show - Stanley Elkin; Chirs Lehmann
From Library Journal"Most of Elkin's prose is alive, with its wealth of detail and specifically American metaphors, and the surreal elements in the narrative are tightly controlled... -
Mrs. Ted Bliss - Stanley Elkin
Elkin's National Book Critics Circle Award–winning classic: The story of an elderly woman who suddenly becomes mixed up in a world of criminals and con artists After her beloved hu... -
George Mills - Stanley Elkin
Review"A comedy that cuts so many ways that it leaves us bleeding with laughter." -- New York Times "A true artist . . . Stanley Elkin never lets us down. . . . I read... -
Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & - Stanley Elkin
ReviewVirtually any story in this collection contains more art than 98% of the thousands of novels published in this country in the past five years. Elkin's stories are fully reali... -
Boswell_ A Modern Comedy - Stanley Elkin
Elkin's striking debut: The story of one man's comic attempts at immortality James Boswell is a professional strongman and a wrestler. He is also a loveable leech who amasses frien... -
A Bad Man - Stanley Elkin
A black market dealer must reconcile his lifetime of sins as he faces hard time in prison A born salesman, Leo Feldman can peddle anything from clothing and appliances to prostitut...