num_pages: 387
description: Boswell is Stanley Elkin's first and funniest novel: the comic odyssey of a twentieth-century groupie who collects celebrities as his insurance policy against death. James Boswell--strong man, professional wrestler (his most heroic match is with the Angel of Death)-- is a con man, a gate crasher, and a moocher of epic talent. He is also the hero of one of the most original novel in years ( Oakland Tribune)--a man on the make for all the great men of his time--his logic being that if you can't be a lion, know a pride of them. Can he cheat his way out of mortality?
language: English
title: Boswell: A Modern Comedy
titlecomplete: Boswell: A Modern Comedy
genres: 20th Century, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Comedy, Jewish, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 116
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press