The Day of the Locust
American novelist, 1903–1940.
The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by Nathanael West.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Nathanael West
- First published
- 1939
- Length
- 176 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Satire, Class and society, Psychological
Is The Day of the Locust worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 73 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Day of the Locust
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2018), 176 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780241341674
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Day of the Locust
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 19% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Day of the Locust
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