Appendix II.  Reviews of The Magic Kingdom

 

Unsigned:

 

A.G.L. in ÒNew Paperbacks.Ó Jersey Journal 19 Feb. 1986.

 

ALA Booklist. 1 Feb. 1985.

 

ÒThe Best of 1985.Ó Newsday 8 Dec. 1985

 

B.H.H. The Anniston Star 7 Apr. 1985: 4D

 

Cultural Information Service. 31 May 1985: 7-8.

 

ÒHere's Some of the Year's Best in Fact and Fiction.Ó Miami Herald 11 Dec. 1985.

 

Kirkus Reviews. 15 Jan. 1985. 

 

ÒPaperbacks.Ó Chicago Tribune 25 May 1986.

 

Signed:

 

Adams, ÒThe Story Isn't Over,Ó New York Review of Books 18 July 85: 20-23 (reviews John Irving, The Cider House Rules;  Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits, and The Magic Kingdom).

 

Anderson, Jean.  ÒElkin performs feats of language.Ó Heatland 22 Sept 1985: H-7.

 

Apple, Max. ÒHaving Their Last Good Time.Ó  New York Times Book Review 24 Mar. 1985: 34.

 

Berkeley, Miriam. ÒPW Interviews Stanley Elkin.Ó Publisher's Weekly 29 Mar 1985: 74-75. Also published in Chicago Sun-Times Book Week 31 March 1985: 26.

 

________. ÒTears and Laughter from Wizard Elkin.Ó The Plain Dealer21 Apr 1985.

 

Berger, Joseph. ÒDefeating the Temptation of SentimentalityÓ:  New York Times Book Review 24 Mar. 1985: 34.  Background interview.

 

Boker, Pamela. Ò`I'm Candy.'Ó Houston Chronicle 1 May 1985.

 

Buzbee, Lewis. ÒLaughing Back into Death's Face,Ó San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle 14 Apr 1985.

 

Casey. Constance. ÒNobody Asked the Children.Ó  San Jose Mercury News.  March 1985.  Background Interview.

 

Clark, Jeff. ÒStanley Elkin's Magic Kingdom,Ó Library Journal 15 Apr 1985.

 

Connelly, Sherryl, ÒTender Laughter at the Doors of Death.Ó  The Daily News 29 Feb. 1985. Leisure 7.

 

Cryer, Dan. ÒA Genius for Making Music Out of the MacabreÓ Newsday 17 Mar, 1985.

 

________. ÒSplendid Novel about Death with a SmileÓ Monterey (CA) Sunday Peninsula Herald  31 May 1985.

 

Curcio, Christine. ÒNovel About Sick Kids Black Comedy.Ó Night Times (Univ. of Pittsburgh) Oct. 1985.

 

Eder, Richard.  ÒThe Magic Kingdom.Ó Los Angeles Times 24 Mar. 1985: 12, 10. Also in International Herald Tribune 1 Apr 1985 and International Herald Tribune Paris 1 Apr. 1985.

 

Farrell, Michael J.  ÒStanley Elkin: Writing to the Rhythm of the Heart's Oom-Pa-Pa.Ó  The Catholic Review.  9 May 1986.  Background interview.

 

Gold, Charles H. ÒA Tough, Funny Tale of Doomed Children.Ó Chicago Sun-Times, Book Week  31 Mar 1985: 26.

 

Hahn, Roger.  ÒThe Sweet and Sour Heart of  Stanley ElkinÓ  The Weekly 8-14 Mar. 1985.  Background interview.

 

Havenick, Robin. ÒDying Children Find Meaning in Magic Kingdom.Ó Roseburg (OR) News-Review 26 May 1985.

 

Hildebrand, Holly. ÒInstilling Hope, Love among Black Humor in ÔMagic Kingdom.'  Houston Post 5 May 1985.

 

Holliday, Barbara.  ÒChildren Are the Heroes on Odd Odyssey.Ó Detroit Free Press 28 Apr. 1985.

 

Houston, James. ÒElkin's Demons.Ó San Jose Mercury News 24 Mar. 1985.

 

Houston, Levin. ÒElkin's Expertise Evident.Ó  Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance-Star 14 May 1985.

 

Jones, Malcolm. ÒStanley Elkin's Magic Kingdom,Ó St. Petersburg Times 7 Apr. 1985, D1,7.  Includes interview.

 

Kim, Caroline.  ÒReadings.Ó  Austin Chronicle 23 Feb 2001.  Review of Dalkey re-issue.  http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-02-23/books_readings.html

 

Kiser, Thelma Scott. ÒBooks,Ó Ashland (KY) Sunday Independent 14 Apr 1985.

 

Kissel, Howard. ÒStanley Elkin Journeys to darkest Disney World.Ó Women's Wear Daily7 Aug. 1985: 28.

 

Koch, Stephen. ÒThe Dark Side of Mickey Mouse.Ó Washington Post Book World 14 Apr. 1985.

 

Langston, Sherrie. ÒThe Magic Kingdom Full of Life's Absurdities.Ó The Paris News 20 May 1985.

 

Lehmann-Haupt . Christopher.  ÒBooks of The Times,Ó New York Times Arts/Entertainment 18 Mar 1985: Y 17.

 

Lescaze, Lee. ÒVoyage to the End at Disney World.Ó Wall Street Journal 12 Apr. 1985.

 

Licklider, Deborah.  ÒDarkly Humorous Tale in an Unlikely Setting.Ó Philadelphia Daily News 2 Apr. 1985.

 

Lindberg, Ted. ÒBeyond Human Horror.Ó Washington Times 22 Apr. 1985.

 

Link, Kimberly. ÒSardonic ÔDream Holiday' Makes for Bizarre Reading.Ó Chicago Heights (IL) Star 5 May 1985.

 

Malin, Irving. ÒStanley Elkin's The Magic Kingdom.Ó Hollins Critic Feb. 1986: 13.

 

Martone, Michael. ÒBelieve It:  Stanley Elkin and the Out-Jesusing of Fiction.Ó Denver Quarterly, Summer 1985: 118-25

 

Mather, Bobby. ÒOn Books.Ó Oakland Press 24 March 1985.

 

Milazzo, Lee.  ÒPower of Love Permeates Odd Tale of ÔMagic Kingdom.'Ó Dallas Morning News 21 Apr 1985.

 

Morgan, Stephen. ÒA Time to Laugh, a Time to Die in ÔThe Magic Kingdom.'Ó Boston Herald 14 Apr 1985.

 

Murray, G. E. ÒLast Laugh at Disney World.Ó Chicago April 1985: 124-5.

 

Olson, Nancy. ÒDying Kids in Disney World.Ó Milwaukee Journal 7 Apr 1985.

 

Perrin, Noel.  ÒStanley Elkin Meets Mickey Mouse.Ó USA Today 22 Mar 1985: 3D.

 

Post, Clarence. ÒA Last Hurrah for the Children.Ó St. Louis Post-Dispatch 17 Mar. 1985: 4B.

 

Puckett, Daniel. ÒThe Magic Kingdom: An Improbable Comedy about Children and Death.Ó  Bryan-College Station Eagle 30 Mar, 1985. 

 

Reefer, Mary M. ÒTender Tale of Death in Celebration of Life.Ó Kansas City Star 12 May 1985: 1E, 9E.

 

Robertson, William. ÒStanley Elkin's Manic World and Verbal Fury.Ó  Miami Herald 31 Mar. 1985.

 

____________.  ÒWinners and Losers:  A Talk with Stanley Elkin.Ó  Miami Herald 20 Feb, 1983.  Background interview, shortly after the Disney World visit (see introduction to this collection).

 

Schleier, Curt. ÒOn Dangerous Terrain,Ó Grand Rapids Press 28 Apr. 1985.

 

Schwartz, Lynne Sharon. ÒStanley Elkin's ÔMagic Kingdom' a Hell on Earth.Ó Chicago Tribune Book World 21 Apr 1985.

 

Sechrist, Laura.  ÒElkin's ÔMagic' Bizarre.Ó Columbus Dispatch 28 Apr 1985.

 

Simmons, Charles.  ÒDeath Be Not Fun.Ó  Vogue April 1984: 234.

 

Thomas, Phil.  ÒElkin's Comedy Plays on the Art of Death.Ó  Charleston (S.C.) News/Courier/Post 7 Apr. 1985.

 

Thomas, Sidney. ÒStanley Elkin's The Magic KingdomÓ Atlanta Journal and Constitution 21 Apr 1985.

 

Tyler, Anne. ÒStanley and the Horror Factory.Ó Detroit News 14 Apr 1985.

 

Walton, David.  Ò`Magic Kingdom'  Bogs Down in Beery Declamations.Ó Pittsburgh Press 24 July 1985.

 

Welch, Susan. ÒStanley Elkin Visits Minneapolis with a New Book and a Lot of Opinions.Ó  Minneapolis Star and Tribune 7 April 1985. Background Interview.

 

Wolcott,, James.  ÒFinal Fling,Ó Vanity Fair April 1985: 95.

 

Wyatt, Robert. ÒStrong Medicine: ÔMagic Kingdom'.Ó Nashville Tennessean 14 July 1985.

 

Yurick, Sol. Ò2 Modern Tales That Mock Fate In Surreal Worlds.Ó Philadelphia Inquirer Books/Leisure 9 June 1985: 1,6.  [The Magic Kingdom and Jerome Charyn, War Cries Over Avenue C].

 

Yanovsky, Joel. ÒMelancholy Truth Exposed in Novel,Ó Calgary (Alberta) Herald 19 May 1985.

 

Zand, Nicole. ÒMourir ˆ Disneyworld.Ó  Le Monde 19 February 1993 [reviews translations Le Royaume EnchantŽ (translated by Claire Mantez, in collaboration with Marc Chenetier;  Un Sale Type [a Bad man] translated by Jean-Pierre Carasco;  and Marchand de LibertŽ,also translated by Carasco].