{"product_id":"generation-of-vipers-9781564781468","title":"Generation of Vipers","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the most vitriolic attack ever launched on the American way of living-from politicians to professors to businessmen to Mom to sexual mores to religion--\u003ci\u003eGeneration of Vipers\u003c\/i\u003e ranks with the works of De Tocqueville and Emerson in defining the American character and malaise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWylie's classic, written with devastating wit and a pen as \u003cbr\u003esharp as a barber's razor, wages war on all forms of American hypocrisy.\u003cbr\u003e Remarkably, or perhaps not so, what Philip Wylie has to say rings as \u003cbr\u003etrue today as when he first wrote \u003ci\u003eVipers\u003c\/i\u003e, and no doubt it will continue \u003cbr\u003eto offend and outrage both the Left and Right. Harsh, bitter, and filled\u003cbr\u003e with venom toward those who have corrupted the America that \"could have\u003cbr\u003e been,\" \u003ci\u003eGeneration of Vipers\u003c\/i\u003e will be read with pleasure and indignation a\u003cbr\u003e century from now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Wylie (1902-1971) was a prolific American writer whose works range from satires to pulp sci-fi, political essays to Hollywood screenplays. He delved into matters of philosophy and social criticism across his many genres and mediums with a caustic, once-in-a-generation voice all his own. A member of the founding staff of the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, his essays and stories regularly appeared throughout the '40s and '50s in \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRedbook\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420187267346,"sku":"9781564781468","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24c161e4-0bd9-47eb-9241-d001bbfeef4b.jpg?v=1729491182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/generation-of-vipers-9781564781468","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}