Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers

By: Stanley Elkin

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Synopsis: &“This imagination of Elkin&’s sneaks up, tickles, surprises, shocks, and kills. It makes stories that are deadly funny.&” —The New York TimesEach of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people—the troubled and the troublemakers. In &“The Guest,&” a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. &“In the Alley&” tells the story of a terminally ill man who begrudgingly outlives his initial prognosis. And the satiric &“I Look Out for Ed Wolfe&” features a charismatic salesman auctioning off his life&’s possessions in order to determine his value in the world. Laced with wit, Criers & Kibitzers, Kibitzers & Criers is a keenly observed collection that puts Elkin&’s comic artistry on full display. This ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis.

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