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- Publisher: New York: Linden Press (1991)
- ASIN: B001KALD4Q
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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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 & Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh's Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended reading.,
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This review is from: The MacGuffin (Paperback)
Aging City Commissioner of Streets Bobbo Druff, in an effort to hang on to his persona of authority and power, constructs a "MacGuffin", a paranoid plot where everyone is out to get him. Druff starts an illicit affair, instigates fights with his employees, invents lies for his family, and does anything he can think of to create a world in which he is placed at the center of influential, self-advertising scandal. A memorable comedy figure, Druff's self-conscious madness is hilariously inventive. Author Stanley Elkin writes his novel with the lyrical intensity of poetry and creates within his character universal qualities (including self-delusions and hopeless machinations) that resonate in us all. Highly recommended.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
enjoyable, comic read,
This review is from: The MacGuffin (Paperback)
Disappointing ending, but enjoyable, comic read. 24 hours in the life of an aging, insecure, politician. Interesting dialogues between a male and his member.
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Rose Helen, City Commissioner of Streets, Margaret Glorio, Jerry Rector, Hamilton Edgar, City Hall, Chi Phi Kappa, Miss Glorio, Bob Druff, Fourteen Points, Marvin Macklin, Meg Glorio, Sadie Hawkins Day, B'nai Beth Emeth, Bobbo Druff, Brooks Brothers, Commissioner Druff, Jesus Christ, New York, Edouvard Mrentzharev, Gamma Beta Sigma, Kersh Boulevard, Shiite Muslim, Cary Grant, Irwin Scouffas New!
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Rose Helen, City Commissioner of Streets, Margaret Glorio, Jerry Rector, Hamilton Edgar, City Hall, Chi Phi Kappa, Miss Glorio, Bob Druff, Fourteen Points, Marvin Macklin, Meg Glorio, Sadie Hawkins Day, B'nai Beth Emeth, Bobbo Druff, Brooks Brothers, Commissioner Druff, Jesus Christ, New York, Edouvard Mrentzharev, Gamma Beta Sigma, Kersh Boulevard, Shiite Muslim, Cary Grant, Irwin Scouffas New!
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