In "Miss Lonelyhearts" the author creates the portrait of a character, all nerves and no skin, the fool of pity, whom the ordinary horror of ordinary life lacerates to the point of madness. "A Cool Million" parodies a myth of the American dream of success and wealth.
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Nathanael West was born in 1903. From 1924-1931 he lived in Paris where he wrote The Dream Life of Balso Snell. On his return to New York he became associate editor of the magazine Contact alongside William Carlos Williams. Towards the end of his life he worked on film scripts in Hollywood. He and his wife were tragically killed in a car accident in 1940.
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