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The MacGuffin

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A municipal employee sets out to unravel a murder—and save himself from the split personality that is pushing him to the brinkAt age fifty-eight, 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 ... Read more

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A municipal employee sets out to unravel a murder—and save himself from the split personality that is pushing him to the brinkAt age fifty-eight, 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
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Searches & Seizures

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Three novellas filled with humor and insight by one of America's modern literary mastersIn 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 ... Read more

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Three novellas filled with humor and insight by one of America's modern literary mastersIn 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
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The Dick Gibson Show

by Stanley Elkin ...

A radio host's rise is the fodder for this "funny, melancholy, frightening . . . absolutely American" National Book Award finalist ( The New York Times Book Review).Since childhood, Dick Gibson has longed for a successful radio career to make him a household name. Seeking to hone his craft, Dick travels from stations in Nebraska and New Jersey to the Armed Forces Radio in the Pacific Theater ... Read more

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A radio host's rise is the fodder for this "funny, melancholy, frightening . . . absolutely American" National Book Award finalist ( The New York Times Book Review).Since childhood, Dick Gibson has longed for a successful radio career to make him a household name. Seeking to hone his craft, Dick travels from stations in Nebraska and New Jersey to the Armed Forces Radio in the Pacific Theater
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Mrs. Ted Bliss

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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: This funny, poignant novel about the misadventures of a Miami Beach widow is "brilliant" ( Los Angeles Times).After her beloved husband dies of cancer, Dorothy Bliss is consigned to a life of tedium, waiting out her remaining years in a Miami beachside community shared precariously by its Jewish and Latino residents. When Dorothy attends a series of ... Read more

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National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: This funny, poignant novel about the misadventures of a Miami Beach widow is "brilliant" ( Los Angeles Times).After her beloved husband dies of cancer, Dorothy Bliss is consigned to a life of tedium, waiting out her remaining years in a Miami beachside community shared precariously by its Jewish and Latino residents. When Dorothy attends a series of
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George Mills

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An age-old family curse fuels this National Book Critics Circle Award winner: "Elkin's imagination should be declared a national landmark" (Paul Auster).Since the time of the First Crusade, every generation of the Mills family has been consigned by fate to an unfulfilling, servile existence. And each successive Mills has had a son, George, to perpetuate the family plight through history. Whether a ... Read more

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An age-old family curse fuels this National Book Critics Circle Award winner: "Elkin's imagination should be declared a national landmark" (Paul Auster).Since the time of the First Crusade, every generation of the Mills family has been consigned by fate to an unfulfilling, servile existence. And each successive Mills has had a son, George, to perpetuate the family plight through history. Whether a
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The Living End

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Elkin's darkly comic novel of the afterlife—the story of one man's redemptive journey to hell and backWhen he is killed during a holdup at his Minneapolis liquor store, Ellerbee's bad luck is only beginning. After a short stint in heaven, Ellerbee is banished to hell, abruptly and without explanation. What follows is a surreal and memorable adventure that brings Ellerbee face-to-face not only with ... Read more

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Elkin's darkly comic novel of the afterlife—the story of one man's redemptive journey to hell and backWhen he is killed during a holdup at his Minneapolis liquor store, Ellerbee's bad luck is only beginning. After a short stint in heaven, Ellerbee is banished to hell, abruptly and without explanation. What follows is a surreal and memorable adventure that brings Ellerbee face-to-face not only with
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The Magic Kingdom

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"Among Mr. Elkin's best works of fiction . . . A comedy that cuts so many ways that it leaves us bleeding with laughter." — The New York TimesEddy Bale's twelve-year-old son died after a terrible, drawn-out illness. Now, determined to help alleviate the suffering of other sick children, Eddy plans to take a group of seven terminally ill youths on a dream vacation to Disney World. Accompanied by ... Read more

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"Among Mr. Elkin's best works of fiction . . . A comedy that cuts so many ways that it leaves us bleeding with laughter." — The New York TimesEddy Bale's twelve-year-old son died after a terrible, drawn-out illness. Now, determined to help alleviate the suffering of other sick children, Eddy plans to take a group of seven terminally ill youths on a dream vacation to Disney World. Accompanied by
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Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers

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"This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks, and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny." — The New York TimesEach of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people—the troubled and the troublemakers. In "The Guest," a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. "In the Alley" tells the story of a terminally ill man who ... Read more

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"This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks, and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny." — The New York TimesEach of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people—the troubled and the troublemakers. In "The Guest," a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. "In the Alley" tells the story of a terminally ill man who
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The Franchiser

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The comic story of a man's obsessive quest to build a fast food empire across AmericaFor the better part of the 1970s, entrepreneur Ben Flesh could expand his business kingdom with the snap of his fingers. His fast food restaurants and electronics stores were all a part of his rapidly growing domain, remaking America one enterprise at a time. But when a series of personal and professional ... Read more

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The comic story of a man's obsessive quest to build a fast food empire across AmericaFor the better part of the 1970s, entrepreneur Ben Flesh could expand his business kingdom with the snap of his fingers. His fast food restaurants and electronics stores were all a part of his rapidly growing domain, remaking America one enterprise at a time. But when a series of personal and professional
... Read more
A Bad Man

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A black market dealer must reconcile his lifetime of sins as he faces hard time in prisonA born salesman, Leo Feldman can peddle anything from clothing and appliances to prostitutes, guns, and drugs. Although guilty of myriad crimes, Feldman is sentenced to prison as the result of a clerical error that charged him with a crime he did not commit. Now, completely vulnerable to the inmates who ... Read more

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A black market dealer must reconcile his lifetime of sins as he faces hard time in prisonA born salesman, Leo Feldman can peddle anything from clothing and appliances to prostitutes, guns, and drugs. Although guilty of myriad crimes, Feldman is sentenced to prison as the result of a clerical error that charged him with a crime he did not commit. Now, completely vulnerable to the inmates who
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The Rabbi of Lud

by Stanley Elkin ...

A small-town Rabbi's quiet life is turned upside down when his only daughter drops a bombshellThe only long-term occupants of Lud, New Jersey, reside in its cemeteries,a fact that suits Rabbi Jerry Goldkorn just fine. Never particularly passionate about his religious calling, Rabbi Goldkorn spends his days officiating funerals and burying the dead in the local cemetery. His life is simple by ... Read more

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A small-town Rabbi's quiet life is turned upside down when his only daughter drops a bombshellThe only long-term occupants of Lud, New Jersey, reside in its cemeteries,a fact that suits Rabbi Jerry Goldkorn just fine. Never particularly passionate about his religious calling, Rabbi Goldkorn spends his days officiating funerals and burying the dead in the local cemetery. His life is simple by
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Van Gogh's Room at Arles

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Three witty and poignant novellas from a twentieth-century literary master at the peak of his craftVan Gogh's Room at Arles is Stanley Elkin's second collection of novellas, a razor-sharp exploration of three characters suffering under the weight of intellectual, physical, and social burdens. In the collection's title story, Elkin writes of an insecure professor's scholarly retreat with the most ... Read more

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Three witty and poignant novellas from a twentieth-century literary master at the peak of his craftVan Gogh's Room at Arles is Stanley Elkin's second collection of novellas, a razor-sharp exploration of three characters suffering under the weight of intellectual, physical, and social burdens. In the collection's title story, Elkin writes of an insecure professor's scholarly retreat with the most
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