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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22865781 Title: The day of the locust Author: Nathanael West Publisher: New York : Penguin Group, 1983, ©1939. ISBN/ISSN: 0451523482 9780451523488 OCLC:22865781

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The day of the locust

Author:	Nathanael West
Publisher:	New York : Penguin Group, 1983, ©1939.
Series:	A Signet classic.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	West fictionalizes the working class of Tinseltown, in this novel that studies several men working at the peripheral edge of the movie industry and their mutual obsession with a daydreaming girl.
Rating:	(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Fiction. Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction. Motion picture industry. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Fiction
Material Type:	Fiction
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Nathanael West Find more information about:
ISBN:	0451523482 9780451523488
OCLC Number:	22865781
Notes:	A Signet classic.
Description:	204 pages ; 18 cm
Series Title:	A Signet classic.
Responsibility:	Nathanael West ; introd. by Alfred Kazin.

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West fictionalizes the working class of Tinseltown, in this novel that studies several men working at the peripheral edge of the movie industry and their mutual obsession with a daydreaming girl.

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