Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9781453204146

<DIV><P><B>&ldquo;This imagination of Elkin&rsquo;s sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks, and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>The New York Times</I></B></P><DIV>Each of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people&mdash;the troubled and the troublemakers. In &ldquo;The Guest,&rdquo; a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. &ldquo;In the Alley&rdquo; tells the story of a terminally ill man who begrudgingly outlives his initial prognosis. And the satiric &ldquo;I Look Out for Ed Wolfe&rdquo; features a charismatic salesman auctioning off his life&rsquo;s possessions in order to determine his value in the world.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>Laced with wit, <I>Criers &amp; Kibitzers, Kibitzers &amp; Criers</I> is a keenly observed collection that puts Elkin&rsquo;s comic artistry on full display.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&rsquo;s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.</DIV></DIV><BR />