Download or read book The Day of the Locust written by Nathanael West and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Day of the Locust a young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in Los Angeles full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring actress, he is intoxicated and his desperate passion explodes into rage. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.