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Macguffin - Paperback

by Stanley Elkin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann (Introduction by)Series:American Literature (Dalkey Archive)Publish date:1999-12-01Pages:283
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564782236ISBN-10:1564782239UPC:9781564782236Book Category:FictionAward:1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:9.01 x 6.02 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCD270DZV9
Bobbo Druff, a coca leaf-chewing street commissioner on the cusp of just-past-it, transforms his mid-life crisis into a paranoid web of mysterious events in a plot reminiscent of Hitchcock.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781564782236ISBN-10:1564782239UPC:9781564782236Book Category:FictionAward:1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Fiction AwardSize:9.01 x 6.02 x 0.84 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCD270DZV9
Elkin, Stanley: - Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners "George Mills" (1982) and "Mrs. Ted Bliss" (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists "The Dick Gibson Show" (1972), "Searches and Seizures "(1974), and "The MacGuffin" (1991). His book of novellas, "Van Gogh's Room at Arles", was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

Awards

🏆 1991 National Book Awards Nominee - Fiction Award

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Stanley Elkin, Chirs Lehmann (Introduction by)

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Stanley Elkin

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