The Living End
Written by Stanley Elkin
Narrated by George Guidall
4.5/5
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Stanley Elkin
Stanley Elkin (1930–1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award–winners George Mills (1982) and Mrs. Ted Bliss (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists The Dick Gibson Show (1972), Searches and Seizures (1974), and The MacGuffin (1991). His book of novellas, Van Gogh’s Room at Arles, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.
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Reviews for The Living End
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This reminded me of a shorter and smarter version of a Christopher Moore novel (no disrespect intended; believe me, Moore is no dummy). Only 3 stars because I thought it was strongest in the beginning and weakened a bit as it progressed.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5More about the excesses of modern human life than the realities of Heaven or Hell, yet willing to challenge the myths of religion in the Western world, The Liviing End is a minor Stanley Elkin novel that could be a crowning glory in the bibliographies of most creative writers of the last half of the last century. Irreverent, thought-provoking, and funny as hell.