Miss Lonelyhearts / A Cool Million by Nathanael West
Set in the Great Depression, this paired work juxtaposes the breakdown of a New York newspaper advice columnist crushed by the relentless misery of his readers and his own failed quests for redemption with a caustic fable about a guileless young striver whose pursuit of success leads to literal and social dismemberment. The first narrative charts a descent into religious obsession, cruelty, and accidental violence, exposing hollow pieties and urban despair. The second skewers Horatio Alger myths as ruthless institutions, grifters, and proto-fascists exploit the protagonist’s optimism until he becomes a propaganda martyr. Together they offer a brutal, satiric portrait of American dreams curdled into nightmare.
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- Miss Lonelyhearts & A Cool Million
- Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million
- Miss Lonelyhearts; and, A Cool Million
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