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

4.0

An artist goes to Hollywood during the Great Depression to paint a picture about the burning of Los Angeles--which he feels to be a prophecy--and ends up destroyed, or enlightened, by the human condition.

I liked this, but it's a bit wobbly as a work of fiction. Really, it's just a setup for the main character's final revelation, a series of vignettes rather than a plot. Disorienting, brilliant, but never quite pulled me in.

Recommended as a counterpoint to Grapes of Wrath, if norhing else.