MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDeep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-101564783057
ISBN-139781564783059
eBay Product ID (ePID)1918261
Product Key Features
Book TitleFranchiser
Number of Pages342 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicGeneral, Humorous / General
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorStanley Elkin
Book SeriesAmerican Literature Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-028782
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsThe Franchiser has what few novels have any more: the ability to astonish and delight and a totally conscious hero who proves that the unaudited life is not worth living.
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Afterword byGass, William H.
Dewey DecimalFIC
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisBen Flesh is one of the men who made America look like America, who made America famous. He collects franchises, traveling from state to state, acquiring the brand-name establishments that shape the American landscape. But both the nation and Ben are running out of energy. As blackouts roll through the West, Ben struggles with the onset of multiple sclerosis, and the growing realization that his lifetime quest to buy a name for himself has ultimately failed.", Ben Flesh is one of the men "who made America look like America, who made America famous." He collects franchises, traveling from state to state, acquiring the brand-name establishments that shape the American landscape. But both the nation and Ben are running out of energy. As blackouts roll through the West, Ben struggles with the onset of multiple sclerosis, and the growing realization that his lifetime quest to buy a name for himself has ultimately failed.
LC Classification NumberPS3555.L47F7 2001
