Around quitting time, Tod Hackett heard a great din on the road outside his office.
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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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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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