Elkin, Stanley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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ELKIN, STANLEY 1930 95, American writer, b. New York City. An offbeat fiction writer, Elkin had a gift for black comedy, fantastic imagery, bizarre situations, and a kind of lyrical bleakness, all expressed in ornately wrought language...