{"product_id":"the-42nd-parallel-9780618056811","title":"The 42nd Parallel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe first in John Dos Passos's acclaimed USA trilogy--a \"linguistically adventurous national portrait for a precarious age--his, and ours\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eJohn Dos Passos's USA trilogy (comprising \u003cem\u003eThe 42nd Parallel, 1919, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Big Money\u003c\/em\u003e), named one of the best books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library, is a grand, kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation, buzzing with history and life on every page. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in stories and \"newsreels\" consisting of front-page headlines and article fragments from the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003e the lives and fortunes of five characters unfold. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley are caught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward. As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of Eugene Debs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie make appearances. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Fitzgerald and Hemingway were cultivating what Edmund Wilson once called their \"own little corners,\" John Dos Passos was taking on the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDos Passos, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John Dos Passos (1896-1970), a member of the Lost Generation, was the author of more than forty works of fiction and nonfiction, including THREE SOLDIERS and MANHATTAN TRANSFER.","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620052635922,"sku":"9780618056811","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12918e8b-fffd-48eb-8ca3-89d6e488ac00.jpg?v=1732559744","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-42nd-parallel-9780618056811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}