Boswell: A Modern Comedy

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?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 04/01/1999
ISBN: 9781564781741
Pages: 387
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.50w x 1.03d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/15/1999 pg. 132