Stanley Elkin

[David Morris]

I've never read Elkin, but he sounds like someone I'd like.  Can
anyone tell me what is considered his best work(s)?

David Morris

On 4/24/07, Robert Mahnke <robert_mahnke at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I read The_Dick_Gibson_Show in the last year, and liked it a bunch.  If
> you're a fan of old-skool late-nite talk radio, pick it up.
>
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> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
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> malignd recommended:
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> > <<I believe it was Stanley Elkin who wrote that he was interested in
> > his fiction in the physics of personalities..........>>
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> > 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.)
> >
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> 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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