For the better part of the 1970s, entrepreneur Ben Flesh could expand his business kingdom with the snap of his fingers. His fast food restaurants and electronics stores were all a part of his rapidly growing domain, remaking America one enterprise at a time. But when a series of personal and profes
Franchiser
โ Scribed by Stanley Elkin; William H. Gass
- Book ID
- 100088803
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press;Open Road Integrated Media
- Year
- 1976;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1564783057
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โฆ Synopsis
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.
Review
The prevailing dialect of The Franchiser is Ben's own free-wheeling and exuberant Jewish-American a tribal dialect in which Elkin can achieve effects worthy of S. J. Perelman and Wallace Markfield.
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781564783059
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The comic story of a man's obsessive quest to build a fast food empire across America For the better part of the 1970s, entrepreneur Ben Flesh could expand his business kingdom with the snap of his fingers. His fast food restaurants and electronics stores were all a part of his rapidly growing domai