Cruel and barbarous treatment -- Rogue's gallery -- The man in the Brooks Brothers shirt -- The genial host -- Portrait of the intellectual as a Yale man -- Ghostly father, I confess
Summary
When Mary McCarthy's debut novel was first published in 1942 its bold insight, sly wit and virtuoso style won her immediate recognition as one of America's most accomplished, versatile and penetrating writers. Based loosely on the author's own life, the book follows a young bohemian woman, Margaret Sargent, through her experiences and lost loves in a time of coming war
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Originally published in the United States by Simon and Schuster in 1942
