description: A seriocomic masterpiece from the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of George Mills. Here Elkin is true to form, narrating with his accustomed panache the mysterious events that take place in a few short days in the life of a city commissioner of streets, and combining laugh-out-loud humor with plot twists that would make Hitchcock proud.
language: English
title: The Macguffin
titlecomplete: The Macguffin (Contemporary American Fiction)
genres: Fiction, Jewish
ratings_count: 97
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books