| Boswell: A Modern Comedy Contributor(s): Elkin, Stanley (Author), Lehmann, Chirs (Introduction by), Stanley, Elkin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1564781747 ISBN-13: 9781564781741 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98054880 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 7.8" (1.05 lbs) 387 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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? |