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Nathanael West's humor is of course not at the expense of the victim. It is a horselaugh at a world that is too ugly and bitter to be dealt with in any other way. --This quote refers to an alternative paperback edition
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Nathanael West (1903-1940) - original name Nathan Weinstein (until 1926) American writer who died in a car crash at thirty-seven. Nathanael West published four novels.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0141023651
- ISBN 13 9780141023656
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- Number of pages192
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