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The Ecstasy of Owen Muir

Ring Lardner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Prometheus Books

Published:1st Dec '97

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The classic novel The Ecstasy of Owen Muir is the story of what happens in 1940s America when an idealistically, fiercely honest young man, with no strong religious affiliation, marries a Roman Catholic woman. In this brilliantly comic and pungent tale, Lardner dissects the thought control of the McCarthy era, business ethics, racial intolerance, attitudes toward sex, the Manhattan nightclub set, judicial procedures, and other social phenomenon. The author is a former Hollywood screenwriter who won Academy Awards for Woman of the Yearin 1942 and MASHin 1970.

ISBN: 9781573921732

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 399g

272 pages