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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE PERFECT SHORT STORY,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Specialty of the House (Hardcover)
It's scandalous that any of Stanley Ellin is out of print, but "The Specialty of the House" should always be in print somewhere. As big a fan as I am of John Collier, Roald Dahl and Saki, no single story of any of them can match Ellin's (first!) story. There is not a word that could be added to improve it, nor one that could be removed without diminishing it. In the thirty five years that have passed since I first read it, I doubt that six months have passed without my rereading it, and I find new pleasures each time. And the rest of Ellin is only a notch below this story (personal favorites - "Kindly Dig Your Grave, "The Last Bottle in the World", and "The Blessington Method"). If you've never read Ellin, do yourself a favor and try to find any of his story collections.
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The Specialty of the House by Stanley Ellin (Hardcover - June 10, 1956)
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