| George Mills Contributor(s): Elkin, Stanley (Author), Lehmann, Chirs (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1564782921 ISBN-13: 9781564782922 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: Considered by many to be Elkin's magnum opus, George Mills is, an ambitious, digressive and endlessly entertaining account of the 1,000 year history of the George Millses. From toiling as a stable boy during the crusades to working as a furniture mover, there has always been a George Mills whose lot in life is to serve important personages. But the latest in the line of true blue-collar workers may also be the last, as he obsesses about his family's history and decides to break the cycle of doomed George Millses. An inventive, unique family saga, George Mills is Elkin at his most manic, most comic and most poignant. First published by Random House (1982), most recent paperback by Avon (1996). |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002041512 |
| Series: American Literature (Dalkey Archive) |
| Physical Information: 1.53" H x 6.4" W x 7.86" (1.35 lbs) 518 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An ambitious, digressive, and endlessly entertaining account of the thousand-year history of the George Millses, George Mills is the antithesis to the typical Horatio Alger story. Since the First Crusade, there has always been a George Mills, who--despite his best efforts--is unable to improve his position in life or that of his descendants. Instead, all the George Millses are forced to accept their lot as true blue-collar workers, serving important personages in a series of odd jobs ranging from horse talker in a salt mine to working as a furniture mover in contemporary St. Louis. But the latest in the long line of George Millses may also be the last, as he obsesses about his family's history and determines that he will be the one to break this doomed cycle of servitude. |