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Stanley Elkin was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and male-female relationships. His works center on American pop culture, portraying it in innumerable darkly comic variations, with characters taking precedence over plot. Elkin's language is extravagant and exuberant, baroque and flowery, often taking fantastic flight from his characters' endless patter. His style is marked by a tightrope walk between comedy and tragedy, emphasizing his focus on language as the paramount element in his writing.