By John Dos Passos
Specified for its epic scale and panoramic social sweep, Dos Passos' masterpiece contains 3 novels--"The forty second Parallel," "1919," and "The sizeable Money"--which create an unforgettable collective portrait of contemporary the US. This one-volume version contains specific notes and a chronicle of the area occasions which function a backdrop.
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