The Magic Kingdom (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Magic Kingdom -- Brimming with Elkin's comic brilliance and singular wordplay, The Magic Kingdom tells the story of Eddy Bale, who, determined to learn from the ghastly experience of his son's long, drawn-out death, decides to raise enough money to take seven terminally ill children to Disney World in order to give them a dream vacation before they die.-- Stanley Elkin, a two-timer winner of the National Book C...
Full description- Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
- Published: 25 September 2009
- Format: Paperback 317 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781564782595 ISBN 10: 156478259X
- Sales rank: 620,747
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-- Brimming with Elkin's comic brilliance and singular wordplay, The Magic Kingdom tells the story of Eddy Bale, who, determined to learn from the ghastly experience of his son's long, drawn-out death, decides to raise enough money to take seven terminally ill children to Disney World in order to give them a dream vacation before they die. -- Stanley Elkin, a two-timer winner of the National Book Critics Award and three-time nominee for the National Book Award, is widely considered to be one of the most important writers of the contemporary period. Author of over a dozen novels and short story collections, his works include The Franchiser, George Mills, and Mrs. Ted Bliss. -- First published by Dutton (1985), most recent paperback by Thunder's Mouth (1991).
