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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?

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Boswell
• Subtitle: A Modern Comedy
• Author: Stanley Elkin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 387
• EAN: 9781564781741
• ISBN: 1564781747
• ID: 04813565
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Weight: 476 g
• Dimensions: 201 × 139 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. May 1999

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