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-- Filled with Elkin's witty beauty and single wordplay, The Magic Kingdom tells the story of Eddy Bale, who, motivated to understand in the awful experience of his boy's long, drawn-out death, decides to boost enough cash to consider seven terminally-ill kids to Disney World to be able to let them have a desire holiday before they die.-- Stanley Elkin, a two-timer success of the National Book Critics Award and three-time nominee for the National Book Award, is commonly regarded as among the most significant authors of the modern period. Writer of over twelve novels and short-story collections, his works range From The Franchiser, George Mills, and Mrs. Ted Bliss.-- Initially published by Dutton (1985), newest book by Thunder's Mouth (1991).