false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1197175215m/2295674.jpg 2295674 4 In this book, Nathanael West, a great American satirist, nearly laughs the Horatio Alger myth to death. Like many an Alger, Lemuel Pitkin leaves his home on the farm to seek his fortune in the Big City. By the time he is through, he has been robbed, bilked, thrown in jail, has lost his teeth, his eye, a leg, his scalp, and has witnessed a remarkable number of rapes and political riots. Others in the cast: an ex-president of the United States (just released from jail); Lem's childhood sweetheart (now working in a Mott Street bordello); an oil-rich Indian; a Western desperado; and assorted agents and thugs of the Communists, Fascists and International Bankers. Through the story of Lemuel Pitkin, the four-square, All-American hero, and his sad fate at the hands of rabble-rousers and charlatans, West etched a classic parable of America in the chaotic Thirties. 326497 1934 A Cool Million total:42|5:6|4:17|3:13|2:4|1:2| 42 147 55 8 4 1 false false Sun Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 06 09:48:44 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 09:49:07 -0700 2008 The Day of the Locust, and three novellas – but time has done nothing to diminish the power and the bitterness of his vision. West’s ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 13:09:13 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 08:41:40 -0700 2009 before sitting down to write, once begun I do it my way. I forg...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Mon Feb 11 06:13:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 06:13:30 -0800 2008
Despite having published less than six hundred pages of material in his short and rather unhappy life, Nathanael West is revered in critical circles for two groundbreaking American novels, Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust. West publ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 05 18:39:25 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 16:28:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 08:42:40 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 16:44:42 -0800 2008 satire. You can't take it seriously." This is a rags-to-rags (as opposed to "rags-to-riches") story told in mock-Horatio Alger-style. Parts o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Aug 25 15:07:19 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 15:08:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 15 08:12:59 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 08:15:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Mar 29 21:26:26 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 21:28:41 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 30 14:37:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:37:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Nov 13 22:47:48 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:48:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 05:44:25 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 05:44:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 15 23:43:34 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 23:43:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 15:49:32 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:49:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 14:14:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 14:14:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 29 19:04:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 19:04:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 23:06:39 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 23:06:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 06:13:41 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 06:13:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 11:29:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:29:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 08:18:58 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 19:57:23 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 08:18:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 13:54:31 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:54:31 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2295674