Fiction. BOSWELL is Stanley Elkin's first and funniest novel: the comic odyssey of a twentieth-century groupie who collects celebrities as his insurance policy against death. James Boswell--strong man, professional wrestler (his most heroic match is with the Angel of Death)-- is a con man, a gate crasher, and a moocher of epic talent. He is also the "hero of one of the most original novel in years" (Oakland Tribune)--a man on the make for all the great men of his time--his logic being that if you can't be a lion, know a pride of them. Can he cheat his way out of mortality? "No serious funny writer in this country can match him" (New York Times Book Review).

Boswell

Stanley, Elkin

Arena / Allen & Unwin

Stanley Elkin's greatest hits

Collects the most amusing and perceptive passages from the acclaimed comic's previous books, including selections from The Dick Gibson Show, The Franchiser, and The Living End which reveal the humorous side of American life

Stanley Elkin's Greatest Hits

Literature & Fiction

E.P.Dutton

Alex and Gypsy

Pocket

In language that is "rich, musical and playful, like that of a Joyce who grew up on Yiddish" (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times), Stanley Elkin offers us the extraordinary Dorothy Bliss, an eighty-two-year-old widow caught in a tragicomic world, forced to find purpose in endless card games and "Good Neighbor Policy Night" at a Florida retirement community. 
About the Author A two-time recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Stanley Elkin is regarded as one of the most important writers of the contemporary period. During his lifetime, he wrote over a dozen novels and short story collections, including The Magic Kingdom, The Franchiser, and The Dick Gibson Show.

Mrs. Ted Bliss

Literary

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The story of Brewster Ashenden, gentleman, who was at one time the worlds most eligible bachelor.

The Making of Ashenden (Covent Garden Stories Number3)

Covent Garden Press

Look who's on the Dick Gibson Radio Show: Arnold the Memory Expert ("I've memorized the entire West Coast shoreline - except for cloud cover and fog banks"). Bernie Perk, the burning pharmacist. Henry Harper, the nine-year old orphan millionaire, terrified of being adopted. The woman whose life revolves around pierced lobes. An evil hypnotist. Swindlers. Con-men. And Dick Gibson himself. Anticipating talk radio and its crazed hosts, Stanley Elkin creates a brilliant comic world held together by American manias and maniacs in all their forms, and a character who perfectly understands what Americans want and gives it to them.

Dick Gibson Show, The

Contemporary

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Franchiser, The

A municipal employee sets out to unravel a murder - and save himself from the split personality that is pushing him to the brink At age 58, Robert Druff’s destructive alter ego has begun to take over his life. Frustrated with his job as Commissioner of the Streets and desperate to protect his aura of power, Druff injects himself into the middle of a conspiracy revolving around the death of his son’s girlfriend - and everyone, from his employees to his mistress, seems to be complicit in the plot. Deeply humorous and engaging, The MacGuffin is a striking exploration of obsession and the imaginative story of a man struggling against his own frailty to regain control of his life.

MacGuffin, The

Rabbi of Lud, The

Three novellas filled with humor and insight by one of America’s modern literary masters. In Searches & Seizures, Elkin tells the story of the criminal, the lovelorn, and the grieving, each searching desperately for fulfillment - while on the verge of receiving much more than they bargained for. Infused with Elkin's signature wit and richly drawn characters, "The Bailbondsman," "The Making of Ashenden," and "The Condominium" are the creations of a literary virtuoso at the pinnacle of his craft.

Searches & Seizures

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