{"product_id":"the-dick-gibson-show-9781564781987","title":"The Dick Gibson Show","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award finalist: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook who's on the \"Dick Gibson Radio Show\" Arnold the Memory Expert (\"I've memorized the entire West Coast shoreline - except for cloud cover and fog banks\"). Bernie Perk, the burning pharmacist. Henry Harper, the nine-year old orphan millionaire, terrified of being adopted. The woman whose life revolves around pierced lobes. An evil hypnotist. Swindlers. Con-men. And Dick Gibson himself. Anticipating talk radio and its crazed hosts, Stanley Elkin creates a brilliant comic world held together by American manias and maniacs in all their forms, and a character who perfectly understands what Americans want and gives it to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElkin, Stanley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eStanley Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-1995) was an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and essays. Born in the Bronx, Elkin received his BA and PhD from the University of Illinois and in 1960 became a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis where he taught until his death. His critically acclaimed works include the National Book Critics Circle Award-winners \u003ci\u003eGeorge Mills\u003c\/i\u003e (1982) and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Ted Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), as well as the National Book Award finalists \u003ci\u003eThe Dick Gibson Show\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eSearches and Seizures\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), and \u003ci\u003eThe MacGuffin\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). His book of novellas, \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh's Room at Arles\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award.","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855499858194,"sku":"9781564781987","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e5f275d-d479-436b-a863-9fc345adc1ef.jpg?v=1737482051","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dick-gibson-show-9781564781987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}