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title: "The Day of the Locust"
author: "Nathanael West"
genre: "Fiction, Satirical Drama / Tragedy"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "The disillusionment of the American Dream;The superficiality of Hollywood and celebrity culture;The failure of the artistic spirit and the search for meaning;Modern alienation and societal decay"
asin: "8087830261"
bnid: "1100479691"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/Day-Locust-Nathanael-West/dp/8087830261"
bookshop_link: "https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-day-of-the-locust-nathanael-west/8894378?aid=108973&ean=9798897731084&listref=essential-fiction"
bn_link: "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-day-of-the-locust-nathanael-west/1100479691"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=The%20Day%20of%20the%20Locust"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# The Day of the Locust

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