Bibliograph

Mrs. Ted Bliss, Stanley Elkin

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Mrs. Ted Bliss, Stanley Elkin

Language

eng

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fiction

Main title

Mrs. Ted Bliss

Medium

electronic resource

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Stanley Elkin

Summary

Miami Beach is the haven of a quirky cast of characters in Stanley Elkin's wry vision of contemporary culture that won the National Book Award. In this Florida, the bright sunlight is shared by drug lords, health food fanatics, wealthy socialites, and refugees from the Midwest. Why are so many men interested in Mrs. Ted Bliss, newly widowed from a Chicago butcher? Is it her smile, her flawless Buick Le Sabre, or her late husband's business connections? She is about to find out, as she embarks on an unconventional new life that lures her from the familiar world of her Jewish family. Stanley Elkin's darkly humorous, sharply perceptive novels have earned him the praise of authors like Saul Bellow and Kurt Vonnegut. You'll love this sprightly story of love and money, deftly narrated by the incomparable George Guidall

Target audience

adult

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Madam Ted Bliss

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