The Dick Gibson Show
Fiction. A reprint of the fifth of Stanley Elkin's 17 published works, originally published in 1970, this novel anticipates talk radio and its crazed hosts. Characters include Arnold the Memory Expert, Bernie Perk the burning pharmacist, Henry Harper the 9-year-old orphan millionaire, a woman obsessed by pierced ears, an evil hypnotist, various con men and swindlers and Dick Gibson himself, a character who understands exactly what Americans want and gives it to them. Stanley Elkin's imagination should be declared a national landmark (Paul Auster).
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-56478-198-7
- EAN: 9781564781987
- Produktnummer: 9134808
- Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 335 S.
- Masse: H21.5 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.2 cm 454 g
- Gewicht: 454
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
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 and 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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