The Dick Gibson Show
Fiction. A reprint of the fifth of Stanley Elkin's 17 published works, originally published in 1970, this novel anticipates talk radio and its crazed hosts. Characters include Arnold the Memory Expert, Bernie Perk the burning pharmacist, Henry Harper the 9-year-old orphan millionaire, a woman obsessed by pierced ears, an evil hypnotist, various con men and swindlers and Dick Gibson himself, a character who understands exactly what Americans want and gives it to them.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Random House Trade
- Year
- 1971
- ISBN-13
- 9781564781987
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Radio and media satireAmerican identity and eccentricityCon artists and swindlers
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1972)
Other awarded books from Stanley Elkin
- George Mills
- Mrs. Ted Bliss
- Searches and Seizures
- The MacGuffin
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