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Stanley Elkin


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Stanley Elkin was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and male-female relationships.

Awards: NBCC (1995)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Boswell (1964)
   A Bad Man (1968)
   The Dick Gibson Show (1971)
   The Making of Ashenden (1972)
   Alex and the Gypsy (1976)
     aka The Bailbondsman
   The Franchiser (1976)
   The Living End (1979)
   George Mills (1982)
   The Magic Kingdom (1985)
   The Rabbi of Lud (1987)
   The Six Year-Old Man (1988)
   The MacGuffin (1991)
   Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995)
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Books containing stories by Stanley Elkin
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100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2008)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and John Updike

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Awards
1995 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction : Mrs. Ted Bliss
1982 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction : George Mills

Award nominations
1994 PEN/Faulkner Award (nominee) : Van Gogh's Room at Arles
1991 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : The MacGuffin


Stanley Elkin recommends
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Enchantment (1984)
Daphne Merkin
"Daphne Merkin's exquisitely written novel about a young woman who can't let go and who never learned to cut her losses is a supremely delicate and intelligent fiction . . . I quite admire the book."

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