Around quitting time, Tod Hackett heard a great din on the road outside his office.
An edition of The Day of the Locust
(1939)
The day of the locust
by Nathanael West
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"The story tells of Todd Hackett, an artist just graduated from Yale, who is brought to Hollywood by the agent for a studio and takes a job designing sets and costumes for the movies"--Prospectus.
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Motion picture industry, Fiction, Fiction in English, American literature, Motion picture industry, fiction, United states, fiction, Fiction, general, Escapes, Prisons, Prisoners, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Hollywood (los angeles, calif.), fiction, Motion picture industry--fiction, Ps3545.e8334 d39 2015, 813/.54Times
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The Day of the Locust
Dec 24, 2018, Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Audio
audio cd
1982546336 9781982546335
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L'incendie de Los Angeles
April 17, 1998, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2020321270 9782020321273
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Tag der Heuschrecke: Ein Hollywood-Roman
June 1, 1997, Diogenes Verlag
Paperback
in German
3257200595 9783257200591
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Day of the Locust
June 1987, DH Audio
Audio Cassette
in English
- Listen for Pleasure
088646210X 9780886462109
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Edition Notes
Originally published in 1933.
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Following the tale of Tod Hackett - a brilliant young artist who is brought to an LA studio as a set designer - 'The Day of the Locust' is an exposure of the sordid reality beneath the surface of Hollywood.
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