A collection of some of Stanley Elkin's best-loved stories, emblematic of his keen eye and comic genius. These nine stories reveal a dazzling variety of styles, tones, and subject matter. Among them are some of Stanley Elkin's finest, including the fabulistic...
"This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny."-The New York Times
"This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny."-The New York Times
"This imagination of Elkin's sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny."-The New York Times