| The Ecstasy of Owen Muir Contributor(s): Lardner, Ring (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573921734 ISBN-13: 9781573921732 Publisher: Prometheus Books OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: This classic novel is the story of what happens when an idealistic, fiercely honest young man tries to reconcile Roman Catholic dogma with the realities of America of the 1940s. In this brilliantly comic and pungent tale, Lardner dissects the thought control of the McCarthy era, business ethics, racial intolerance, repressive sexual attitudes, the Manhattan nightclub set, "enlightened" penology, vigilantism, and other social phenomena. The ecstasy which Owen Muir seeks is of both the earthly and the spiritual kind, and his wonderfully funny fate lies in the fact that he cannot have his flesh and eat it, too. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97026668 |
| Series: Literary Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.57" W x 8.52" (0.74 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |