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Boswell

A Modern Comedy

Stanley Elkin author Elkin Stanley author Chirs Lehmann editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:15th Apr '99

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

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Boswell is Stanley Elkin's first and funniest novel: the comic odyssey of a twentieth-century groupie who collects celebrities as his insurance policy against death. James Boswell--strong man, professional wrestler (his most heroic match is with the Angel of Death)-- is a con man, a gate crasher, and a moocher of epic talent. He is also the hero of one of the most original novel in years ( Oakland Tribune)--a man on the make for all the great men of his time--his logic being that if you can't be a lion, know a pride of them. Can he cheat his way out of mortality?

"Elkin's debut novel (1964) is a comic romp through the life of title character James Boswell, a con man and champion moocher. Although his works are serious underneath, Elkin is always good for a laugh." -- Library Journal "No serious funny writer in this country can match him." -- New York Times Book Review

ISBN: 9781564781741

Dimensions: 201mm x 139mm x 26mm

Weight: 476g

387 pages