A Bad Man

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Dalkey Archive Press, 2003 - Fiction - 308 pages

Breaking the law in a foolhardy attempt to accommodate his customers, unscrupulous department store owner Leo Feldman finds himself in jail and at the mercy of the warden, who tries to break Leo of his determination to stay bad.

 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
9
Section 3
17
Section 4
30
Section 5
47
Section 6
53
Section 7
57
Section 8
66
Section 10
111
Section 11
138
Section 12
165
Section 13
179
Section 14
215
Section 15
230
Section 16
261
Section 17
278

Section 9
91

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About the author (2003)

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. David C. Dougherty is a professor of English at Loyola University Maryland and the author of the critical studies Stanley Elkin and James Wright, as well as the editor of two casebooks on Elkin's novels."

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