Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million: Or, The Dismantling Of Lemuel Pitkin by Nathanael West

Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million: Or, The Dismantling Of Lemuel Pitkin

Nathanael West

199 pages first pub 1933 (editions)

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For readers who appreciate the complexities of the human condition, the biting satire of societal norms, and the unflinching portrayal of the human experience, Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million: Or, The Dismantling Of Lemuel Pitkin by Nathanael West is a stimulating and darkly comedic masterpiece that will challenge and reward with its unapologetic exploration of the American Dream.

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Miss Lonelyhearts, published in 1933, is Nathanael West\'s second novel. It is an Expressionist black comedy set in New York City during the Great Depression."Money and fame meant nothing to them. They were not worldly men.""Wildly funny, desperat...

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