About this book
An "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From Fourteenth Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.
Subjects
FictionFiction in EnglishImmigrantsRich peopleSocial problemsAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American fictionProblèmes sociauxRomans, nouvellesRichesRoman américainCity and town lifeFiction, urban & street litFiction, general