Day of the Locust

"A horselaugh at a world that is too ugly and bitter to be dealt with in any other way." -The New York Times

Widely regarded as one of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century, The Day of the Locust is about Hollywood and its corrupting touch - about the American dream turned into a sun-drenched California nightmare.

Nathanael West''s Hollywood is not the glamorous "home of the star...