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Mrs. Ted Bliss (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

Stanley Elkin

$14.95
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9781564783226
UPC:
9781564783226
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Published by:
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub date:
04/01/2002
Binding type:
Paperback
Pages:
294
ISBN:
9781564783226

Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.