A Bad Man

by Stanley Elkin, David C Dougherty (Introduction)

Overview

Breaking the law in a foolhardy attempt to accommodate his customers, unscrupulous department store owner Leo Feldman finds himself in jail and at the mercy of the warden, who tries to break Leo of his determination to stay bad.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564783325
Publisher:	Deep Vellum Publishing
Publication date:	09/28/2003
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	5.56(w) x 7.98(h) x 0.97(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stanley Elkin (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington Universityin St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners "George Mills" (1982) and "Mrs. Ted Bliss" (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists "The Dick Gibson Show" (1972), "Searches and Seizures "(1974), and "The MacGuffin" (1991). His book of novellas, "Van Gogh's Room at Arles", was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.

David C. Dougherty is a professor of English at Loyola UniversityMaryland and the author of the critical studies Stanley Elkin and James Wright, as well as the editor of two casebooks on Elkin's novels.