The Franchiser: A Novel (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

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Summary: you've clicked on this title. now follow through and read it
Review: One might say it's a bit heavyhanded in its symbolism, but that would be to miss the point... I'm somewhat surprised to see that this book is out of print, so I'd encourage people to either special order it (if possible) or search it out in libraries. Well written, well observed, what good books are made of.

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Summary: This is the most accurate Bicentennial picture of America.
Review: You won't come acoss a more side-splittingly funny portrait of America in 1976 than what Elkin gives us here. I don't know which is the more: the humor in America that is depressing or the depression that is humorous; in any event, the book is a must for anyone who likes his or her humor bitersweet, his or her prose lush, and his or her mind to be stimulated and entertained!