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      Boswell

      by Stanley Elkin
      Published
      May 1999
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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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      Sep 1980 Warner ISBN13 9780446955386 ISBN10 0446955388
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      Sep 1986 Plume ISBN13 9780525481317 ISBN10 0525481311
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      May 1999 Dalkey Archive Press ISBN13 9781564781741 ISBN10 1564781747
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