Item DescriptionVintage Penguin First Edition. #1567. Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million brings together two of Nathanael West’s sharpest, bleakest satires, each exposing the desperation and absurdity lurking beneath American optimism. Miss Lonelyhearts follows a newspaper advice columnist whose encounters with readers’ suffering push him toward spiritual crisis, violence and disillusionment; West’s portrait of urban misery is both darkly comic and brutally direct. A Cool Million, by contrast, is a savage parody of the rags-to-riches myth, charting young Lemuel Pitkin’s catastrophic misadventures as he is chewed up by exploitation, nationalism and blind faith in success. In this Penguin edition, the pairing highlights West’s unique blend of humour, cynicism and moral outrage. Title: Miss Lonelyhearts, and, A cool million (Penguin modern classics) Author: West, Nathanael Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 1961-01-01 Binding: Paperback Pages: 176 Condition: Acceptable Our Ref: mon0001649982 |
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