A review by tylermcgaughey
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

5.0

A strange and often genuinely terrifying book. I'm even tempted to call it 'nutso.' You can see a real influence here on the works of Flannery O'Connor, David Lynch, and the Coen Brothers. (It's the bellowing belligerent dwarf that ties them all together.) Also works as a grotesque counterpart to [b:The Grapes Of Wrath|4395|The Grapes of Wrath|John Steinbeck|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1309212810s/4395.jpg|2931549].