THE DAY OF THE LOCUST - Nathanael West
~ Mass Market Paperback (10.5 x 17.5cm)
Yale graduate and young artist, Tod Hackett, has been hired by a Hollywood studio to design and paint sets.Ā While he works he plans out his grand masterpiece: a painting entitled 'The Burning of Los Angeles,' a portrayl of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city . . .Ā
First published in 1939, The Day of the Locust offers is a classic indictment of all that is most extravagant and uncontrolled in American life to create an unforgettableĀ portrayal of a world that mocks the real and rewards the sham, turns its back on love to plunge into empty sex, and breeds a savage violence that is ultimately its own undoing.
"A vision of Los Angeles filled with political foreboding." -- Independent
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THE DAY OF THE LOCUST - Nathanael West
~ Mass Market Paperback (10.5 x 17.5cm)
Yale graduate and young artist, Tod Hackett, has been hired by a Hollywood studio to design and paint sets.Ā While he works he plans out his grand masterpiece: a painting entitled 'The Burning of Los Angeles,' a portrayl of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city . . .Ā
First published in 1939, The Day of the Locust offers is a classic indictment of all that is most extravagant and uncontrolled in American life to create an unforgettableĀ portrayal of a world that mocks the real and rewards the sham, turns its back on love to plunge into empty sex, and breeds a savage violence that is ultimately its own undoing.
"A vision of Los Angeles filled with political foreboding." -- Independent
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~ Mass Market Paperback (10.5 x 17.5cm)
Yale graduate and young artist, Tod Hackett, has been hired by a Hollywood studio to design and paint sets.Ā While he works he plans out his grand masterpiece: a painting entitled 'The Burning of Los Angeles,' a portrayl of the chaotic and fiery holocaust which will destroy the city . . .Ā
First published in 1939, The Day of the Locust offers is a classic indictment of all that is most extravagant and uncontrolled in American life to create an unforgettableĀ portrayal of a world that mocks the real and rewards the sham, turns its back on love to plunge into empty sex, and breeds a savage violence that is ultimately its own undoing.
"A vision of Los Angeles filled with political foreboding." -- Independent
