Elkin, Stanley [Lawrence]
Elkin, Stanley [Lawrence]( 1930– ),novelist whose fiction is marked by black humor, symbolism, rich prose, and a satiric view of contemporary American life. His novels are Boswell (1964), a comic depiction of a young man who attaches himself to prominent people, including the Queen of England; A Bad Man (1967), about a department store owner who ends up in prison; The Dick Gibson Show (1971), describing the adventures, sometimes surreal, of an early-day radio announcer; The Franchiser (1976), depicting an American businessman who creates chains of motels and restaurants; The Living End (1979), about the death of an ordinary man and how God judges him in the afterworld; George Mills (1982), about a man's 1000 years of reincarnations; The Rabbi of Lud (1987), a comic view of a rabbi often active as a sexton, and The MacGuffin (1991), a densely plotted novel about midlife anxiety, marital...
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