Mrs. Ted Bliss

Published posthumously in 1995, Mrs. Ted Bliss tells the story of an eighty-two-year-old widow starting life anew after the death of her husband. As Dorothy Bliss learns to cope with the mundane rituals of life in a Florida retirement community, she inadvertently becomes involved with a drug kingpin trying to use her as a front for his operations. Combining a comic plot with a deep concern for character, Elkin ends his career with a vivid portrait of a woman overcoming loss, a woman who is both recognizable and as unique as Elkin's other famous characters.

• | Author: Stanley Elkin
• | Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2002
• | Number of Pages: 294 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1564783227
• | ISBN-13: 9781564783226