The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West, 1950 oversized large book Interior includes color plates

Interior includes color plates

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The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West, 1950 oversized large book Interior includes color plates**Who wrote it** The Day of the Locust was written by Nathanael West and published by New Directions in 1950, with an introduction by Richard B. Gehman. The novel was first published in 1939, the same year West died in a car accident at age thirty seven. The book design is by Maurice Serle Kaplan. **What it's about** A Hollywood novel, but not a glamorous one. West's Los Angeles is filled with people who came for a dream and found something else