The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

The Day of the Locust

Nathanael West

189 pages first pub 1939 (editions)

fiction classics funny lighthearted slow-paced
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-One of the greatest books on Hollywood's glitzy artifice and its depressing underbelly Aspiring young artist Tod Hackett arrives in Los Angeles with grand ambitions and begins working for the movie studios. However, reality soon sets in and the g...

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