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"Sentence for sentence, nobody in America creates much better than Stanley Elkin."—The New RepublicBen Skin is among the males "who made America seem like America, who made America famous." He gathers businesses, travelling from state to state, obtaining the brand name institutions that form the National scenery. But both Bill and country are working out-of power. Ben challenges with the onset of multiple sclerosis, as blackouts roll-through the Northwest, and the increasing recognition that his lifetime mission to purchase a title for herself has fundamentally failed.