"The revolt of the parents against the revolt of youth as exemplified by a typical middle-class family of four." Fred Cornplow, shrewd middle-class realist, gradually wakes to find that Sarah, his selfish college graduate daughter, and his son Howard, still irregularly playing football for old Truxon, think of him as intellectually obsolete, as a convenience, as a walking bank account to whom they need return neither affection nor thoughtfulness. If you are a father or a mother with young or grown-up children; if you are a ...
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"The revolt of the parents against the revolt of youth as exemplified by a typical middle-class family of four." Fred Cornplow, shrewd middle-class realist, gradually wakes to find that Sarah, his selfish college graduate daughter, and his son Howard, still irregularly playing football for old Truxon, think of him as intellectually obsolete, as a convenience, as a walking bank account to whom they need return neither affection nor thoughtfulness. If you are a father or a mother with young or grown-up children; if you are a young man or a young woman looking into the bewildering world beyond the shelter of parents or college; if you are curious about human problems today - Sinclair Lewis' novel will absorb you and entertain you. With his genius for dramatizing thoughts that are on the threshold of every mind, he writes with affectionate sympathy of the problems of the successful man of fifty-five, his son and daughter, his wife, his business. Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as for their strong characterizations of modern working women.
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Fair/good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾-9¾Tall; Type: Ex-Library If you love fiction, this book is for you. Binding, corners, edges and cover worn. The book has the usual library markings on the edge pages and inside the book indicating it is ex-library. The library removed the first blank page.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardcover in good dust-jacket. Beige cloth with blue titles; faint water mark on bottom of front board. Pages 'yellowing', though bright & clear; no inscriptions. Bookseller label on front paste down. Dust jacket well preserved; small closed tear at top edge of front cover; jacket not price clipped and coverd in removable clear film.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Ex Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover is lightly rubbed, spine faded, water spots & white spot on cover. Sheet edges rough cut.
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Very Good. Red boards; soiled spine; 301 pp; Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed.
