the Progressive Book Club
Permanent Books in a Changing World
THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED PHILISTINES
by
James T. Farrell
This is a collec–
tion of some of
the best critical
essays of Mr.Far–
rell.
The first sec–
tion of the book
is devoted to lit–
erary
criticism.
There are im–
portant re-evalu–
tations of James
Joyce, Heming–
way, Dreiser, Ring Lardner, Dostoev–
sky, Mark Twain, Chekov and others.
The second section is devoted to
popular culture and includes essays
on: "Language of Hollywood," "How
Studs Lanigan
Was Written," "Lit–
erature and Ideology" and "Nonsense
and the Short Story."
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To make available to the inde–
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DANGLING MAN by Saul
Bellow-a psychological no–
vel about a young man dur–
ing an interim period.
BLOOD FOR A STRANGER
by Randall Jarrell-an im–
portant collection of Randall
Jarrell's poetry.
HORIZON STORIES edited
by Cyril Connolly-an ex–
cellent collection of English
short stories.
FALLING THR OUGH
SPACE by Richard Hillary–
the book Arthur Koestler
called "the best of a genera–
tion."
I wish to become a member of The Progressive Book Club. I may take as few
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The League of Frightened Philistines.
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Dangling Man
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Blood For a Stranger
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Horizon Stories
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Falling Through
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