divine exploiter of the idiocies and intricacies of our language,” as John
Irving put it, and nowhere is that more clear than this collection of essays,
which find Elkin wresting hilarity and heartbreak from the most unlikely of
sources.
divine exploiter of the idiocies and intricacies of our language,” as John
Irving put it, and nowhere is that more clear than this collection of essays,
which find Elkin wresting hilarity and heartbreak from the most unlikely of
sources.