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Manhattan Transfer

By: John Dos Passos
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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Considered by many to be John Dos Passos' greatest work, Manhattan Transfer is an "expressionistic picture of New York" (New York Times) in the 1920s that reveals the lives of wealthy power brokers and struggling immigrants alike. From 14th Street to the Bowery, Delmonico's to the underbelly of the city waterfront, Dos Passos chronicles the lives of characters struggling to become a part of modernity before they are destroyed by it.

More than 90 years after its first publication, Manhattan Transfer still stands as "a novel of the very first importance" (Sinclair Lewis). It is a masterpiece of modern fiction and a lasting tribute to the dual-edged nature of the American dream.
©1925 John Dos Passos; Copyright renewed 1953 by John Dos Passos (P)2019 Tantor
Classics Fiction Literary Fiction New York
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Stunningly well written

Obviously such an important American 20th century novels exquisitely narrated. A definite "must read" for any aficionado of literature od the era.

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