Stanley Elkin / franco-american

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

malignd recommended:
>
> <<I believe it was Stanley Elkin who wrote that he was interested in
> his fiction in the physics of personalities..........>>
>
> And any of you on this list who haven't read Mr. Elkin are advised to
> do so. And that's Stanley Elkin the novelist, not Elkin the historian
> (although he's good too.)
>

seconded...good writer...he either had a column or some short
stories or articles, or maybe just was reviewed in Esquire
(my mom disapproved of me reading Esquire,
so I eventually stopped subscribing) so I picked up a copy of
_George Mills_ which I admired, but must admit didn't get hooked
because there was more sadness than I was comfortable with...
might give him another try


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franco-american, of course, being a formerly popular brand of canned
spaghetti:  "The original Franco-American Food Company was founded by Alphonse Biardot, who immigrated from France to the United States in 1880. In 1886, he and his two sons opened a commercial kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey, featuring the foods of his native country. The company proved a success, particularly with its line of canned soup and pasta, and it was acquired by Campbell's in 1915."  (wikipedia)