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Pen name of Nathan Weinstein (1904-1940) surrealist influenced novels capture the absurdity and extremity of modern American life and the dark side of the American dream.

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The Day of the Locust in 1939 explores the violent fantasies induced by Hollywood, where West was a screenwriter. Miss Lonelyhearts in 1933 is about an agonised male agony aunt on a newspaper who feels the misfortunes of his correspondents; A Cool Million in 1934 satirises the rags-to-riches dream of suc read more...

Tags: novelist, surrealist, screenwriter

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