The magic kingdom / by Stanley Elkin ; introduction by Rick Moody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elkin, Stanley, 1930-1995.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terminally ill children.

Walt Disney World (Fla.)--Fiction.

Walt Disney World (Fla.).

Terminally ill children--Fiction.

Children--Death--Fiction.

Children.

Children--Death.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Humorous fiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 317 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Dalkey Archive edition.

Place of Publication:

Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 2000.

Summary:

-- Brimming with Elkin's comic brilliance and singular wordplay, The Magic Kingdom tells the story of Eddy Bale, who, determined to learn from the ghastly experience of his son's long, drawn-out death, decides to raise enough money to take seven terminally ill children to Disney World in order to give them a dream vacation before they die.-- Stanley Elkin, a two-timer winner of the National Book Critics Award and three-time nominee for the National Book Award, is widely considered to be one of the most important writers of the contemporary period. Author of over a dozen novels and short story collections, his works include The Franchiser, George Mills, and Mrs. Ted Bliss.-- First published by Dutton (1985), most recent paperback by Thunder's Mouth (1991).

ISBN:

156478259X

OCLC:

44683465